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Psalms 31:16
16My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me.
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
14For I have heard the whispering of many. There is terror on every side as they conspire against me and plot to take my life. 15But I have trusted in You, Adonai. I said: “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me. 17Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness. 18Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.
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 4:6Offer righteous sacrifices and put your trust in Adonai.
- Psalms 30:7When I felt secure, I said: “I will never be shaken.”
- Psalms 67:1For the music director, with stringed instruments, a psalm, a song.
- Psalms 80:3Before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might, and come to save us.
- Numbers 6:25Adonai make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you!
- Daniel 9:17‘So now, our God, listen to the prayers and petitions of Your servant, and cause Your face to shine upon Your devastated Sanctuary, for the sake of my Lord.
- Psalms 6:4as is my soul— and You, Adonai—how long?
- Psalms 51:1For the music director: a psalm of David,
- Psalms 106:45remembered His covenant to them, and relented in the greatness of His mercy.
- Daniel 9:9The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
- Romans 9:15For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Ephesians 1:6to the glorious praise of His grace, with which He favored us through the One He loves!
- Ephesians 2:4But God was rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved 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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