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Guard Your Gaze
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist prays not just to be kept from sin, but to have his eyes turned away from even looking at 'vanity'—things that are worthless, wicked, or idolatrous. Scholars like Barnes and Spurgeon warn that looking at sin can make it seem less ugly and more attractive over time. This is a proactive prayer to guard our senses from temptations that lead the heart astray.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 119:37
18th Century
Theologian
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity—Vain things; wicked things; things which would be likely to lead me astray from what …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 119:37
19th Century
Bishop
From beholding vanity. —Perhaps from looking at idols.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 119:37
19th Century
Preacher
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; (Psalms 119:37)
"Do not let me even look at it, for one may look at an ugly …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 119:37
16th Century
Theologian
Turn away my eyes. By these words we are taught that all our senses are so filled with vanity that, until they are refined and rectified, …
John Gill
On Psalms 119:37
17th Century
Pastor
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity
As the things of this world, the riches, honours, and pleasures of it, whi…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 119:33–40
17th Century
Minister
Teach me your statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit…