Psalms 31:16
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Read in contextPsalms 6:4
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Read in contextPsalms 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Read in contextDaniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Read in contextRomans 9:15
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Read in contextDaniel 9:17–18
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
Read in contextNumbers 6:25–26
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Read in contextPsalms 51:1
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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