'Eyes' in the Bible

Why do You stand far away, O Lord?Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

In his eyes an evil person is despised,But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence;May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,For He will bring my feet out of the net.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,And I have walked [faithfully] in Your truth.

As for me, I said in my alarm,“I am cut off from Your eyes.”Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)When I cried to You [for help].

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]And His ears are open to their cry.

They open their mouths wide against me;They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyesThinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

“These things you have done and I kept silent;You thought that I was just like you.Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Who rules by His might forever,His eyes keep watch on the nations;Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].

You have held my eyelids open;I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];It will not grasp hold of me.

My eyes will be on the faithful (honorable) of the land, that they may dwell with me;He who walks blamelessly is the one who will minister to and serve me.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak;They have eyes, but they cannot see;

For You have rescued my life from death,My eyes from tears,And my feet from stumbling and falling.

This is from the Lord and is His doing;It is marvelous in our eyes.

Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may beholdWonderful things from Your law.

Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise,Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.

My eyes weep streams of waterBecause people do not keep Your law.

My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,That I may meditate on Your word.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—From where shall my help come?

Unto you I lift up my eyes,O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,So our eyes look to the Lord our God,Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;Nor do I involve myself in great matters,Or in things too difficult for me.

I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleepNor my eyelids to slumber,

They have mouths, but they do not speak;They have eyes, but they do not see;

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all writtenThe days that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;In You I take refuge; do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation],And You give them their food in due time.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].