Psalm 31:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אוֹר
ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
רַחַם
racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Key Terms in This Verse
רַחַם racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Study H7356 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
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