Psalms 31:16
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
In Context
15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
Cross References
Psalms 3:8Salvation is of Jehovah; thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Psalms 6:4Return, Jehovah, free my soul; save me for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Psalms 51:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 80:3O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:19Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Daniel 9:9With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19
Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →