Psalms 119:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּל־עֵינַ֥י וְאַבִּ֑יטָה נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

gal-ʿênay and-ʾabbîṭâ nip̄lāʾôt from-tôrāteḵā

Grammar Details

• *gal*-*ʿênay*: Piel imperative masculine singular + feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - uncover my eyes
• and-*ʾabbîṭâ*: conjunction *wə* + Hiphil cohortative 1st person singular - and I will look at
• *nip̄lāʾôt*: Niphal participle feminine plural - wonderful things
• from-*tôrāteḵā*: preposition *min* + feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your law

Word Meanings

• *gal*: uncover/open/reveal
• *ʿênay*: my eyes/sight/perception
• *ʾabbîṭâ*: I will look at/see/behold/observe
• *nip̄lāʾôt*: wonderful things/marvelous things/miracles
• *tôrāteḵā*: your law/instruction/teaching/direction

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Open{H1540} thou mine eyes,{H5869} that I may behold{H5027} Wondrous things{H6381} out of thy law.{H8451}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Open{H1540}{(H8761)} thou mine eyes{H5869}, that I may behold{H5027}{(H8686)} wondrous things{H6381}{(H8737)} out of thy law{H8451}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Open thou myne eyes, & so shal I spie out wonderous thinges in yi lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

Referenced Verses

• Eph 1:17-18 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
• Isa 29:18 : 18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
• Isa 32:3 : 3 The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
• 2 Cor 3:13-18 : 13 not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Ps 119:96 : 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
• Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers. 11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'
• Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
• Hos 8:12 : 12 Though I wrote for them the many things of my law, they regarded them as something foreign.
• Matt 13:13 : 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.
• Matt 16:17 : 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
• John 9:39 : 39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'
• Heb 8:5 : 5 These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'
• Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.