Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 119:37
Vanity — The vain things of this present world, such as riches, honours, pleasures: from beholding them, with desire or affection. Quicken — Make me lively, vigorous and fervent in thy service.
Vanity — The vain things of this present world, such as riches, honours, pleasures: from beholding them, with desire or affection. Quicken — Make me lively, vigorous and fervent in thy service.
Verse Psalms 119:37. _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 rememb...
TURN AWAY MINE EYES FROM BEHOLDING VANITY - Vain things; wicked things; things which would be likely to lead me astray from what is real and true. Compare Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1. Margin, here, as in H...
Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
WAY. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "ways" (plural)...
DISCOURSE: 701 THE VANITIES OF THIS WORLD AN OBSTACLE TO SPIRITUAL PROGRESS Psalms 119:37. _Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way_. THE depths of the human heart a...
PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. TURN AWAY MINE EYES FROM BEHOLDING VANITY - (, end.) Hengstenberg for "vanity" translates 'deceit:' all the worldly idols...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
FROM BEHOLDING VANITY. — Perhaps _from looking on idols. _...
הַעֲבֵ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי מֵ רְאֹ֣ות שָׁ֑וְא בִּ דְרָכ
Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...
Turn away mine (d) eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. (d) Meaning, all his senses....
HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from his great love to the persons of Christ's people, he...
37._Turn away mine eyes. _By these words we are taught that all our senses are so filled with vanity, that, until refined and rectified, their alienation from the pursuit of righteousness is no matter...
Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...
TURN AWAY MINE EYES FROM BEHOLDING VANITY,.... As the things of this world, the riches, honours, and pleasures of it, which are all vanity and vexation of spirit; and yet these catch the eye, and allu...
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. Ver. 37. _Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity_] Lest looking cause liking and lusting, 1 John 2:16. In Hebrew the sa...
_Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity_ The vain things of this world, such as riches, honours, pleasures; _from beholding_ them with desire or affection. _Quicken thou me in thy way_ Make me live...
Turn a way mine eyes from beholding vanity, making them to pass by, causing them not to notice the many exhibitions of wickedness in the world, since the continued offense may make either callous and...
_ He._ The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word....
TURN AWAY: _ Heb._ make to pass...
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, un...
VANITY; the vain things and lusts of this present evil world, such as riches, honours, pleasures; from beholding them, to wit, with admiration and inordinate affection; for such a sight of the eyes do...
Psalms 119:37 away H5674 (H8685) eyes H5869 looking H7200 (H8800) worthless H7723 revive H2421 (H8761) way...
Psalms 119:33. _Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;_ The psalmist is constantly talking about «the way.» We have that expression in the 27 th verse, then in the 29 th, the 30 th, and the 32 nd...
We have here some of the jottings from David's pocket-book, the notes of his experience as recorded in his diary. The whole Psalm is a great casket full of golden rings. They all fit one into the othe...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
_Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way._ AN EXEMPLARY PRAYER This prayer includes three things:-- I. Diversion from the false. 1. Vanity is a bad thing. 2. Men...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...
1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1; Joshua 7:21;...