Psalms 119:135

Psalms 119:135 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
• New International Version (NIV)Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.

Context of Psalms 119:135

133Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word; Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You]. 134Redeem me from the oppression of man; That I may keep Your precepts. Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes. 136My eyes weep streams of water Because people do not keep Your law. 137Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.

Psalms 119:135 word by word

פָּ֭נֶיךָ הָאֵ֣ר בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝לַמְּדֵ֗נִי אֶת־חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Make thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• to shineאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
• upon thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and teachלָמַדlâmad · to learn: teachH3925
• me thy statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706

Cross-references for Psalms 119:135

• Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!” Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
• Psalms 80:1Hear us O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth!
• Numbers 6:25The Lord make His face shine upon you [with favor], And be gracious to you [surrounding you with lovingkindness];
• Job 33:26He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him, So that he looks at His face with joy; For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].
• Revelation 22:4they will [be privileged to] see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
• Psalms 119:12Blessed and reverently praised are You, O Lord; Teach me Your statutes.
• Job 34:32Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned]; If I have done wrong (injustice, unrighteousness), I will not do it again’?
• Job 35:11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
• Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a ruler or a teacher like Him?
• Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,

Commentaries on Psalms 119:135

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Hebrew, “Let thy face give light to thy servant.” See the notes at Psalm 4:6. And teach me thy statutes - See the notes at Psalm 119:12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:135

• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

Commentaries on Psalms 119

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings