Psalms 31:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.”
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BSBPD
“Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 31:16 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 6:25may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
- Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
- Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Psalms 6:4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
- Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
- Psalms 80:3Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
- Daniel 9:17So 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.
- Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Romans 9:23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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