Homilist Psalm 119:37-38 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.… This prayer includes three things: — I. DIVERSION FROM THE FALSE. 1. Vanity is a bad thing. 2. Men are interested in this bad thing. 3. Their interest in it is a great evil. 4. Deliverance from this evil requires the agency of God. II. DEVOTION TO THE TRUE. The way of — 1. Practical spirituality. 2. Practical benevolence. 3. Practical godliness.This is God's way. To walk in this way is to walk away from vanity and into all the blest realities of being. III. CONFIRMATION IN THE RIGHT (ver. 38). Set me "steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord." (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.WEB: Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. |
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