Psalms 119 · Verse 18

Psalms 119:18

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Psalms 119:18, King James Version

Psalms 119:18 in other translations

BSBOpen my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
WEBOpen my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
ASVOpen thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
YLTUncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
DARBYOpen mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
BBELet my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
WebsterOpen thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

What does Psalms 119:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:17-20

17-20. Life is desirable in order to serve God; that we may do so aright, we should seek to have our eyes opened to behold His truth, and earnestly desire fully to understand it.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Open thou mine eyes - גל עיני gal eynai, reveal my eyes, illuminate my understanding, take away the veil that is on my heart, and then shall I see wonders in thy law. The Holy Scriptures are plain enough; but the heart of man is darkened by sin. The Bible does not so much need a comment, as the soul does the light of the Holy Spirit. Were it not for the darkness of the human intellect, the things relative to salvation would be easily apprehended.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:17-24

If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every…

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Psalms 119:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּל\־gal-uncoverH1540
עֵינַ֥י'ei.Naieyes myH5869
וְאַבִּ֑יטָהve.'a.Bi.tahso let me pay attention toH5027
נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otwonderful [things]H6381
מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָ\׃mi.to.ra.Te.khafrom law yourH8451

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:18

  • Ephesians 1:17-18

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  • Isaiah 35:5

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  • Isaiah 32:3

    And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

  • Matthew 13:13

    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

  • Isaiah 29:18

    And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Matthew 16:17

    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:13-18

    And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. …

  • Revelation 3:18

    I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

  • Isaiah 29:10-12

    For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Open. Heb. Reveal.
Isa 29:10-12,18; 32:3; 35:5; Mt 13:13; 16:17; Joh 9:39; Ac 26:18
2Co 3:14-18; 4:4-6; Eph 1:17,18; Re 3:18
wondrous.
96; Ho 8:12; 2Co 3:13; Heb 8:5; 10:1

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Context

  • Psalms 119:17

    ג GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

  • Psalms 119:18

    Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  • Psalms 119:19

    I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

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Psalms 119:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Abre mis ojos, y miraré las maravillas de tu ley.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ouvre mes yeux, et je verrai les merveilles qui sont dans ta loi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Öffne meine Augen, damit ich Wunder schaue in deinem Gesetz!