Psalms 91:8 (DBY)

Passage

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.

Nearby Context

Psalms 91:6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Psalms 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.

Psalms 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.

Psalms 91:9 Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

Psalms 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "only", "thine", "eyes", "shalt", "thou", "behold", "reward", and "wicked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "only" and "thine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "A thousand shall fall at thy side..." into verse 9's "Because thou hast made Jehovah my refuge...", so "only" and "thine" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "only" and "thine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.