Psalms 31:16

(31:17) Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy kindness.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15(31:16) In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.

17(31:18) O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:8(3:9) Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah.

Psalms 6:4(6:5) Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: help me for the sake of thy kindness.

Psalms 51:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David, (51:2) When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in unto Bath-sheba'.” (51:3) Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy kindness: according to the greatness of thy mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 80:3(80:4) O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.

Psalms 80:19(80:20) O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.

Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and pardonings; 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 →

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