John Calvin Commentary Psalms 25:15

"Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net." — Psalms 25:15 (ASV)

Mine eyes are continually towards Jehovah. David here speaks of his own faith and its perseverance, not in the way of boasting, but to encourage himself in the hope of obtaining his requests, so that he might give himself more readily and cheerfully to prayer.

Since the promise is made to all who trust in God that they will not be disappointed in their hope and that they will never be put to shame, the saints often make this their shield of defense. Meanwhile, David shows others, by his own example, the right way to pray, telling them that they should endeavor to keep their thoughts fixed on God.

Since the sense of sight is very quick and exercises a complete influence over the whole being, it is not uncommon to find all the affections denoted by the term eyes. The reason that immediately follows shows even more plainly that in David’s mind hope was associated with desire; as if he had said that in resting his confidence in God’s help, he did so not in doubt or uncertainty, but because he was persuaded that God would be his deliverer.

The pronoun He, it should be observed, is also emphatic. It shows that David did not gaze around him in every direction, like those who, being in uncertainty, devise for themselves various methods of deliverance and salvation, but that he was content with God alone.