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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:37

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 remember Achan: he saw, - he coveted, - he took, - he hid his theft, and was slain for his sin.

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See also Psalms 119:37 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    WAY. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "ways" (plural)...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    FROM BEHOLDING VANITY. — Perhaps _from looking on idols. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַעֲבֵ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי מֵ רְאֹ֣ות שָׁ֑וְא בִּ דְרָכ

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Turn away mine (d) eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. (d) Meaning, all his senses....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ He._ The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TURN AWAY: _ Heb._ make to pass...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:37 away H5674 (H8685) eyes H5869 looking H7200 (H8800) worthless H7723 revive H2421 (H8761) way...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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 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

    1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1; Joshua 7:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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