Psalms 25:15
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
BSB
ASV
Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.
KJV
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord. The writer claims to be fixed in his trust, and constant in his expectation; he looks in confidence, and waits in hope. We may add to this look of faith and hope the obedient look of service, the humble look of reverence, the admiring look of wonder, the studious look of meditation, and the tender look of affection. Happy are those whose eyes are never removed from their God. "The eye, "says Solomon, "is never satisfied with seeing, "but this sight is the most satisfying in the world.
Idolaters were for gods that they could see with their bodily eyes, and they had their eyes ever towards their idols, Isa. xvii. But it is an eye of faith that we must have towards God, who is a Spirit, Zech. ix. Our meditation of him must be sweet, and we must always set him before us: in all our ways we must acknowledge him and do all to his glory.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God…
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I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Through
Psalms 141:8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
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I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
