Several times in the book of the Acts the word intently was used. Here is another. Elymas the sorcerer withstood Saul and Barnabas as they were sharing the gospel with the proconsul. Acts 13:9 says, ‘Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him.”

As I was meditating on Psalm 119:37, my mind went back to the scene in Acts. It says, “Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things…” The Hebrew word means to see, look at, perceive, consider, gaze at, look intently at. 

Looking intently at worthless things means that our attention is captured. It is wasted time, never to be regained. It could be magazines, books, movies, self-help, or mindless activities. Let’s pick up the last of the verse which says, “…and revive me in Your way.” Revive means to be restored to life and health.