Psalms 119:135
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
134Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
136Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
Job 34:32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?
Job 36:22Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Psalms 80:1{To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 119:12Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.
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 →