King James Version
Psalms 119:18 in the King James Version says “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open: Heb. Reveal” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open: Heb. Reveal”
Psalms 119:18 · KJV
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open: Heb. Reveal
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Open”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“thou mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“that I may behold”
H5027to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
“wondrous things”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
“out of thy law”
H8451a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
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