“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.”
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways. The petition asks God to redirect perception away from false allurments ('vanities') toward the law's 'ways,' with such redirection resulting in life. This verse suggests that the law enables authentic living.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:37
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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