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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:18

Open — Enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error. Behold — Those great and marvellous depths of Divine wisdom and goodness, and those profound mysteries of Christ, and God's grace to mankind, and of that everlasting state, which are not to be known but by Divine illumination.

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See also Psalms 119:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:18. _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 Ho...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OPEN THOU MINE EYES - Margin, “Reveal.” So the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate. The Hebrew word means to be naked; then to make naked, to uncover, to disclose, to reveal. Here it is the same as “unco...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OPEN. Unveil. behold. discern, or see clearly....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 697 HOW TO ATTAIN DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Psalms 119:18. _Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!_ THE necessity of Divine teaching, in order to a spiritual acquain...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OPEN THOU MINE EYES— That is, "Illuminate the eyes of my mind by thy grace, that I may clearly discern the admirable wisdom hidden in thy law;" for the Hebrew word נפלאות _niphlaoth,_ rendered _wondro...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. OPEN THOU MINE EYES, THAT I MAY BEHOLD WONDROUS THINGS OUT OF THY LAW. The wonders of the law, not only its deep mysteries, bu...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    OPEN. — Literally, _uncover_ (see margin), as if without Divine grace the eyes were veiled to the wonder and beauty of the moral law. (Comp. 2 Corinthians 4:18.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּל ־עֵינַ֥י וְ אַבִּ֑יטָה נִ֝פְלָאֹ֗ות מִ ת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed to...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _WONDROUS THINGS_ ‘Wondrous things out of Thy law.’ Psalms 119:18 The life of the soul has its wonders as well as the life of the body and the life of nature. It is a complex and mysterious thing. N...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    OPEN THOU MINE EYES,.... The eyes of my heart or understanding, as Kimchi; or, "reveal mine eyes" t; take off the veil from them: there is a veil of darkness and ignorance on the hearts of all men, wi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Ver. 18. _Open thou mine eyes_] Heb. unveil them, _velamen amove, volumen evolve,_ give sight and light; irradiate both organ an...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _GIMEL._ Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant_ I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy; _that I may live_ Safely and comfortably; _and keep thy word_ For I do not desire...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Gimel._ Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Open Thou mine eyes, the eyes of his spirit, of his understanding, THAT I MAY BEHOLD WONDROUS THINGS, the inexpressible miracles of God's mercy and kindness, OUT OF THY LAW, for it is only with eyes e...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OPEN: _ Heb._ Reveal...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OPEN THOU MINE EYES; enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error. WONDROUS THINGS OUT OF THY LAW; those great and marvellous depths of Divine wisdom and goodn...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:18 Open H1540 (H8761) eyes H5869 see H5027 (H8686) things H6381 (H8737) law H8451 Ope

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:18 I. Consider the sense of wonder in man, and what generally excites it. That God has bestowed on man such a faculty we all know. It is one of the first and most constant emotions in our n...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word._ O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages according to my deserts, but according to the g...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law._ MORAL BLINDNESS Moral blindness is the worst kind of blindness. I. Physical blindness has its compensations. Other faculties...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:18 OPEN MY EYES. Give me insight beyond my abilities. WONDROUS THINGS OUT OF YOUR LAW. Probably the great deeds recorded there and what they reveal of God himself (see v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Acts 26:18;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...

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