Psalms 119:135
Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
134Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.
136Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25Yahweh cause his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee:
Job 34:32What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?
Job 36:22Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Psalms 80:1O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!
Psalms 80:7O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Psalms 119:12Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—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 →