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Psalms 31:16

Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

In Context

15In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

17O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:8Of Jehovah [is] this salvation; On Thy people [is] Thy blessing! Selah.

Psalms 6:4Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

Psalms 51:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 80:3O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Psalms 80:19O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

Daniel 9:9'To the Lord our God [are] the mercies and the 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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