Psalms 31:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.”

— WEB

“Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.”

— KJV

“Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 4:6 "Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us."
Psalms 6:4 "Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake."
Psalms 80:3 "Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved."
Daniel 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him."
Romans 9:15 "For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”Exodus 33:19"
Ephesians 2:4-7 "But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,"
Ephesians 1:6-7 "to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,"
Daniel 9:17-18 "“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that …"

Commentary

Make . . . shine--(Compare Num 6:25; Psa 4:6). Deprecating from himself, he imprecates on the wicked God's displeasure, and prays that their virulent persecution of him may be stopped.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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