Psalms 119:135
Let your servant see the shining of your face; give me knowledge of your rules.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
134Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders.
136Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace:
Job 34:32...
Job 36:22Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
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Psalms 119:12Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:135
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Here, 1. David prays that he might live a quiet and peaceable life, and might not be harassed and discomposed by those that studied to be vexatious: " Deliver me from the oppression of man —man, whom God can control, and whose power is limited. Let them know themselves to be but men ( Ps. ix. 20 ), and let me be delivered out of the hands of my enemies, that I may serve God without fear; so will I keep thy precepts. " Not but that he would… Read the whole commentary →