Psalms 119:135

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Ver. 135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant] David could not live out of God's favour nor without his direction; he therefore here and elsewhere prayeth heartily for both.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:135

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Hebrew, “Let thy face give light to thy servant.” See the notes at Psalms 4:6 . And teach me thy st...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. There is here the repetition of a prayer which we have several times met with before in this P...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Make thy face to shine - Give me a sense of thy approbation. Let me know, by the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Prayer for the return of God's f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simpli...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

PE. The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in his...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ,.... That is, lift up the light of thy countenance on me; favour me with thy gracious presence, and communi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. David here, as often as elsewhere, writes himself God's serv...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Look upon me with a pleased and favourable countenance. Compare Numbers 6:25 Proverbs 16:15 .
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and st...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
The Biblical Illustrator

Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me. Prayer for mercies vouchsafed to the good I. Direction in the right way. We are all travellers on a...
The Biblical Illustrator

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes. Christian obedience and support I. The character of the petitioner. The tru...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pe. The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, with the assurance of His grace, Numbers 6:25 , and teach me Thy statutes, His Word assuring the believer...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 33:26 ; Job 34:32 ; Job 35:11 ; Job 36:22 ; Luke 24:45 ; Numbers 6:25 ; Numbers 6:26 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 80:1 ; Psalms 80:19 ; Psalm...

¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:135

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:135