Psalm 31:16 “Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.”

Psalm 31:16

Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

Darby Translation

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.

Young's Literal Translation

Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

Bible in Basic English

Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

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Cross references

“Make”

Psalm 4:6 Psalm 80:3 Psalm 67:1 Psalm 30:7 Psalm 80:7 Psalm 80:19

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Psalm 80:3 · BSB

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Psalm 67:1 · BSB

May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

Psalm 30:7 · BSB

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Psalm 80:7 · BSB

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Psalm 80:19 · BSB

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

“save”

Psalm 6:4 Daniel 9:9 Romans 9:15 Ephesians 2:4–7 Psalm 51:1 Psalm 106:45

Psalm 6:4 · BSB

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

Daniel 9:9 · BSB

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Romans 9:15 · BSB

For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Ephesians 2:4–7 · BSB

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Psalm 51:1 · BSB

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 106:45 · BSB

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

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.

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