Psalms 31:16

Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

17Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:8Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord, and thy blessing is vpon thy people. Selah.

Psalms 6:4Returne, O Lord: deliuer my soule: saue me for thy mercies sake.

Psalms 51:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercie vpon me, O God, according to thy louing kindnes: according to the multitude of thy compassions put away mine iniquities.

Psalms 80:3Turne vs againe, O God, and cause thy face to shine that we may be saued.

Psalms 80:19Turne vs againe, O Lord God of hostes: cause thy face to shine and we shalbe saued.

Daniel 9:9Yet compassion and forgiuenesse is in the Lord our God, albeit we haue 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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