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Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.
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Our Eyes Need Opening
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse is a humble admission of spiritual blindness. The psalmist recognizes that the 'wondrous things' are already in God's Word, but like a beautiful landscape hidden by closed eyes, they are inaccessible without divine help. Scholars stress that the problem is not that the Bible is dark, but that our spiritual eyes are dim and need to be opened by God's grace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Open thou mine eyes — Margin, “Reveal.” This is also the rendering of the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate.
The Hebrew word …
19th Century
Anglican
Open: Literally, uncover, as if without Divine grace the eyes were veiled to the wonder and beauty of the moral law (comp…
Baptist
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
The wonders are there: cause me to behold them. A man may ha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Open my eyes The eyes of my heart or understanding, as Kimchi; or, "reveal my eyes" F20 ; take off the veil from th…
If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We should spend our lives in His service; we will find true life in keeping His word. Those …
