Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 31:16
16Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love.
Psalms 31:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- New International Version (NIV)Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
Context of Psalms 31:16
14But I trust in you, Lord; I say, “You are my God.” 15The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love. 17Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet in Sheol. 18Let lying lips that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.
Read all of Psalms 31Psalms 31:16 word by word
הָאִ֣ירָה פָ֭נֶיךָ עַל־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 31:16
- Psalms 4:6Many are asking, “Who can show us anything good?” Let the light of your face shine on us, Lord.
- Psalms 30:7Lord, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified.
- Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us; may he make his face shine upon usSelah
- Psalms 80:3Restore us, God; make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.
- Numbers 6:25may the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
- Daniel 9:17Therefore, our God, hear the prayer and the petitions of your servant. Make your face shine on your desolate sanctuary for the Lord’s sake.
- Psalms 6:4Turn, Lord! Rescue me; save me because of your faithful love.
- Psalms 51:1Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.
- Psalms 106:45remembered his covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of his faithful love.
- Daniel 9:9Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him
- Romans 9:15For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
Commentaries on Psalms 31:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Only let me know that thou art reconciled to and pleased with me, and then, come what will, all must be well. Save me for thy mercies' sake - Literally, Save me in thy mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - That is, show me thy favor, or be kind and merciful to me. See the notes at Psalm 4:6. Save me for thy mercies‘ sake - On account of thy mercy; or that thy mercy may be manifested. This is always a just ground of appeal to God by a sinner or a sufferer, that God would make our sins and trials an “occasion” for displaying his own character. There are, indeed, other grounds of appeal; but there is no one that is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18Hope does not trust weak and unreliable human beings. It trusts only in the Lord. The suffering person places his life in God’s hands while he waits for the Lord to bring justice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. In his profession of trust he includes the terms of the prayer expressing it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 31
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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