Psalms 119:135
Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
134Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
136Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee,
Job 34:32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
Job 36:22Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
Psalms 80:1To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Heare, O thou Shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like sheepe: shewe thy brightnes, thou that sittest betweene the Cherubims.
Psalms 80:7Turne vs againe, O God of hostes: cause thy face to shine, and we shalbe saued.
Psalms 119:12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee 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 →