King James Version
Psalms 119:37 in the King James Version says “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Turn: Heb. Make to pass” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Turn: Heb. Make to pass”
Psalms 119:37 · KJV
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Turn: Heb. Make to pass
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Turn away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“from beholding”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“vanity”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
“thou me in thy way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and quicken”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
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