Psalms 31:16
Make your face to shine on your servant, save me in your love.
Open English Bible (US)
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 your hand, save me from the hand of the foes who pursue me.
Cross References
Psalms 3:8Victory belongs to the Lord: let your blessing descend on your people. Selah
Psalms 6:4Turn, Lord, rescue me; save me, because of your love.
Psalms 51:1In your kindness, O God, be gracious to me, in your own great pity blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 80:3God, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
Psalms 80:19Lord, God of hosts, restore us: Show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
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 →