Psalm 119:37

Translations

Modern

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Traditional

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Literal

Make my eyes pass from seeing the vain thing; with Your word revive me.

Latin

Averte oculos meos, ne videant vanitatem; in via tua vivifica me.

Original

Hebrew

English

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Notes

Psalms 119:33–40

He (ה) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

As a student, the poet asks his teacher, God, to renew life and to transform disgrace into righteousness.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Theme notes and profiles

The Dangers of Sin

Related verses

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Numbers 15:39
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Psalm 119:40
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Psalm 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Psalm 119:25
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Glossary

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Topics

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