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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 119:37

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 119:37 (WEB)

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Fathers and councils · 2

  • “But after Thou hadst fomented the head of me unconscious of it, and closed mine eyes lest they should “behold vanity,” I ceased from myself a little, and my madness was lulled to sleep; and I awoke in Thee, and saw Thee to be infinite, though in another way; and this sight was not derived from the flesh.” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 37.

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  • “The next words in the Psalm which we have undertaken to expound are, “O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity: and quicken Thou me in Thy way” (ver. 37).” — the author cites it

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