Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. New Living Translation Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me. English Standard Version Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! Berean Standard Bible Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion. King James Bible Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. New King James Version Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake. New American Standard Bible Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your faithfulness. NASB 1995 Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness. NASB 1977 Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; Save me in Thy lovingkindness. Legacy Standard Bible Make Your face to shine upon Your slave; Save me in Your lovingkindness. Amplified Bible Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness. Christian Standard Bible Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love. Holman Christian Standard Bible Show Your favor to Your servant; save me by Your faithful love. American Standard Version Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness. Contemporary English Version Smile on me, your servant. Have pity and rescue me. English Revised Version Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy lovingkindness. GOD'S WORD® Translation Smile on me. Save me with your mercy. Good News Translation Look on your servant with kindness; save me in your constant love. International Standard Version May your face shine on your servant; in your gracious love, deliver me. Majority Standard Bible Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion. NET Bible Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! New Heart English Bible Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. Webster's Bible Translation Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. World English Bible Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionCause Your face to shine on Your servant, "" Save me in Your kindness. Young's Literal Translation Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness. Smith's Literal Translation Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMake thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your mercy. New Revised Standard Version Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMake thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me through thy mercies. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Shine your face upon your Servant and save me in your kindness. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; Save me in Thy lovingkindness. Brenton Septuagint Translation and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit…15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. 16Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion. 17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.… Cross References Numbers 6:25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; Psalm 4:6 Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD. Psalm 67:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah Psalm 80:3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:19 Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. Psalm 119:135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. Daniel 9:17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness. Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Revelation 1:16 He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. Treasury of Scripture Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies' sake. Make Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Psalm 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. Psalm 67:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. save Psalm 6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. Psalm 51:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalm 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. Jump to Previous Cause Face Kindness Light Loving Mercies Mercy Sake Save Saviour Servant Shine Steadfast UnfailingJump to Next Cause Face Kindness Light Loving Mercies Mercy Sake Save Saviour Servant Shine Steadfast UnfailingPsalm 31 1. David, showing his confidence in God, craves his help7. He rejoices in his mercy 9. He prays in his calamity 19. He praises God for his goodness Make Your face shine This phrase is deeply rooted in the Hebrew tradition, echoing the priestly blessing found in Numbers 6:25, "The LORD make His face shine upon you." The Hebrew word for "shine" is "אוֹר" (or), which conveys the idea of light, favor, and presence. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the shining of a deity's face was a metaphor for divine favor and blessing. When God's face shines upon someone, it signifies His approval, attention, and benevolence. This request is a plea for God's presence and favor, a desire for His light to dispel the darkness of distress and bring guidance and peace. on Your servant save me by Your loving devotion Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Make Your faceפָ֭נֶיךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face shine הָאִ֣ירָה (hā·’î·rāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 215: To be or become light on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Your servant; עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant save me ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי (hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor by Your loving devotion. בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ (ḇə·ḥas·de·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty Links Psalm 31:16 NIVPsalm 31:16 NLT Psalm 31:16 ESV Psalm 31:16 NASB Psalm 31:16 KJV Psalm 31:16 BibleApps.com Psalm 31:16 Biblia Paralela Psalm 31:16 Chinese Bible Psalm 31:16 French Bible Psalm 31:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 31:16 Make your face to shine on your (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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