“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. The request for divine illumination ('Open my eyes') aims at perception of the law's 'wondrous things.' This verse portrays Torah-study as revelation requiring divine opening.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:18
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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