“ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. ”
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - That is, show me thy favor, or be kind and merciful to me. See the notes at Psalms 4:6 . Save me for thy mercies’ sake - On account of thy mercy; or...
XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. Psalms 31:1-3 a . Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 7...
face. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. for Thy mercies' sake . in Thy lovingkindness.
16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. We have said formerly, and we shall see in many instances hereafter, that this form of speech is taken from the common apprehension of men, who t...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Only let me know that thou art reconciled to and pleased with me, and then, come what...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Thy face ... shine ... servant - the Mosaic blessing ( Numbers 6:25 ; cf. Psalms 4:6 ). The words "thy servant" imply...
The writer of this Ps. gratefully records God's past deliverances ( Psalms 31:1-8 ), appeals to God for help against the enemies who assail him in the present ( Psalms 31:9-18 ), and ends with ferven...
Make thy face to shine. — As in Psalms 4:6 , an echo of the priestly blessing. ( Numbers 6:24-26 .)
Psalms 31:1-24 THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on t...
Jehovah Preserveth the Faithful Psalms 31:14-24 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumst...
In this great song of trust struggling through tears to triumph, we have a fine example of an experience often repeated in the history of the children of faith. There are three divisions. In the firs...
Nothing can be more lovely, as a token of the unequalled humility of Christ, than the very frequent mention he makes of being the servant of Jehovah. And nothing can be more highly satisfactory to hi...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ,.... In which he prays for the gracious presence of God, the manifestations of himself unto him, the discoveries of his love, the enjoyment of him in Christ,...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Ver. 16. Make thy face to shine, &c. ] Which by reason of the clouds of affliction clustering about me, I cannot for pre...
I said, Thou art my God Mine by paternal relation, and care, and affection, and by thy promise, or covenant, made with me. My times are in thy hand The time of my life, how long I shall live; or,...
Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O L ORD , for I am in trouble: mine eye is con...
Manifest thy love and favour to me, by answering my prayers, and saving me from all mine enemies.
Make your face to shine on your servant, Save me in your covenant love. Let me not be put to shame, O YHWH, For I have called on you, Let the wicked be put to shame, Let them be silent in Sheol....
INTRODUCTION A psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2-3 (Heb.), and...
Psalms 31:16 I. The smile of God has its moving cause in the infinite heart of God. II. The smile of God comes from His heart, and thus from His love and His blessedness. III. The smile of God i...
Psalms 31:1 . In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of o...
Psalms 31:5 . Into thine hand I commit my spirit, the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; a...
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. The complaints of a sufferer, and the entreaties of a suppliant I. the complaints of a sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe....
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is, in the main, a cry for deliverance out of pressing danger and trouble; but it is interspersed with passages of a more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidenc...
Confidence and Triumph of Faith
Daniel 9:17 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:9 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ephesians 1:7 ; Ephesians 2:4-7 ; Numbers 6:25 ; Numbers 6:26 ; Psalms 106:45 ; Psalms 30:7 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 51:1 ; Psalms 6...