Psalms 31:16
14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
- KJV
- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- WEB
- Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
- ASV
- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
- DARBY
- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.
- BLB
- Cause Your face to shine upon Your servant; save me in Your loving devotion.
- ÅB
- La ansiktet ditt lyse over din tjener;
redd meg ved din godhet! - OTB
- La ditt ansikt lyse over din tjener;
Frels meg gjennom din trofasthet. - B1930
- La ditt åsyn lyse over din tjener, frels mig ved din miskunnhet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 4:6
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 6:4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
Read in contextPsalms 80:3
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Read in contextDaniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
Read in contextRomans 9:15
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Read in contextDaniel 9:17–18
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
Read in contextNumbers 6:25–26
may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
Read in contextPsalms 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
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