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To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.
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The Direction of Our Gaze
Commentators explain that “lifting up the eyes” is a deliberate spiritual act. Instead of looking down in despair, inward in pride, or around for human solutions, the psalmist directs his focus upward. This posture of prayer expresses trust, hope, and a conscious turning away from earthly troubles toward God alone.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To you - To God.
I lift up my eyes - In supplication and prayer. Nature prompts us to look up when we address God, as if he dw…
19th Century
Anglican
O thou that dwellest. — O you enthroned one.
Baptist
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Our eyes are far too apt to look below, or to look within, or to…
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16th Century
Protestant
I lift my eyes to thee, who dwellest in the heavens. It is uncertain at what time, or even by what Prophet, this Psalm was composed. I do …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Unto you lift I up my eyes Not only the eyes of his body, this being a prayer gesture; see ([Reference Matthew 14:19…
Our Lord Jesus has taught us to look to God in prayer as our Father in heaven. In every prayer a good man lifts up his soul to God, especially when…
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