Psalms 31:16
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy lovingkindness.
Revised Version 1895
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 thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Cross References
Psalms 3:8Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah
Psalms 6:4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: save me for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
Psalms 51:1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness; according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 80:3Turn us again, O God; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses; for we have 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 →