Psalms 119 · Verse 37

Psalms 119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psalms 119:37, King James Version

Psalms 119:37 in other translations

BSBTurn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
WEBTurn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
ASVTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
YLTRemove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
DARBYTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
BBELet my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
WebsterTurn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive thou me in thy way.

What does Psalms 119:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:33-38

33-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 From beholding vanity - An idol, worldly pleasure, beauty, finery; any thing that is vain, empty, or transitory. Let me not behold it; let me not dwell upon it. Let me remember Achan: he saw, - he coveted, - he took, - he hid his theft, and was slain for his sin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:33-40

Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the…

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Psalms 119:37 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.

הַעֲבֵ֣רha.'a.Vertake awayH5674
עֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naieyes myH5869
מֵרְא֣וֹתme.re.'otfrom looking atH7200
שָׁ֑וְאShav'worthlessnessH7723
בִּדְרָכֶ֥ךָbid.ra.Khe.khain ways yourH1870
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421

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Cross references for Psalms 119:37

  • 1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • Proverbs 4:25

    Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

  • Isaiah 33:15

    He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Job 31:1

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

  • Numbers 15:39

    And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

  • Matthew 5:28

    But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • Proverbs 23:5

    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

  • Psalms 119:40

    Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • Psalms 119:25

    ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

  • Joshua 7:21

    When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Turn. Heb. Make to pass.
Nu 15:39; Jos 7:21; 2Sa 11:2; Job 31:1; Pr 4:25; 23:5; Isa 33:15
Mt 5:28; 1Jo 2:16
quicken.
25,40

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Context

  • Psalms 119:36

    Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  • Psalms 119:38

    Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

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Psalms 119:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Aparta mis ojos, que no vean la vanidad; avívame en tu camino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Détourne mes yeux pour qu’ils ne regardent pas la vanité; fais-moi vivre dans ta voie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wende meine Augen ab, daß sie Eitles nicht sehen! belebe mich in deinen Wegen!