Psalms 119:135
Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
134Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
136Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
Cross References
Job 34:32What I see not, teach thou me! If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more.”
Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
Psalms 80:1“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, shine forth!
Psalms 80:7Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
Psalms 119:12Blessed be thou, O LORD! O 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 →