God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:135
135Smile on me, and teach me your laws.
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
133Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control me. 134Save me from human oppression so that I may obey your guiding principles. Smile on me, and teach me your laws. 136Streams of tears flow from my eyes because others do not follow your teachings. 137You are righteous, O Lord, and your regulations are fair.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:135 word by word
פָּ֭נֶיךָ הָאֵ֣ר בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝לַמְּדֵ֗נִי אֶת־חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:135
- Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?” Let the light of your presence shine on us, O Lord.
- Psalms 80:1Open your ears, O Shepherd of Israel, the one who leads ⌞the descendants of⌟ Joseph like sheep, the one who is enthroned over the angels.
- Numbers 6:25The Lord will smile on you and be kind to you.
- Job 33:26They will pray to God, who will be pleased with them. They will see God’s face and shout for joy as he restores their righteousness.
- Revelation 22:4and see his face. His name will be on their foreheads.
- Psalms 119:12Thanks be to you, O Lord. Teach me your laws.
- Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see. If I’ve done wrong, I won’t do it again.’
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
- Job 36:22“God does great things by his power. Is there any teacher like him?
- Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds to 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
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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
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