The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind,.... Who are corporeally blind; the eyes of many such were opened by Christ when here on earth, and one who was born blind; and such who are spiritually blind as…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind - This is the sixth reason for what is stated as to the blessedness of those who put their trust in the Lord. The language here would be applicable to bodily or…
The psalmist, having cautioned us not to trust in princes (because, if we do, we shall be miserably disappointed), here encourages us to put our confidence in God, because, if we do so, we shall be…
Cambridge Bible
Blindness is a figure for moral and spiritual ignorance and insensibility, and helplessness in general. Cp. Isa 29:18; Isa 35:5; Deu 28:19; Job 12:25; Isa 59:9-10.
raisethup them that are bowed down…
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