New Living Translation
Psalms 119:135
135Look upon me with love; teach me your decrees.
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
133Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil. 134Ransom me from the oppression of evil people; then I can obey your commandments. Look upon me with love; teach me your decrees. 136Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions. 137O Lord, you are righteous, 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 people say, “Who will show us better times?” Let your face smile on us, Lord.
- Psalms 80:1Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory
- Numbers 6:25May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
- Job 33:26When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing.
- Revelation 22:4And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.
- Psalms 119:12I praise you, O Lord; teach me your decrees.
- Job 34:32Or ‘I don’t know what evil I have done—tell me. If I have done wrong, I will stop at once’?
- Job 35:11Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
- Job 36:22“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a 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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