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Psalms 31:16

Psalms 31:16 is verse 16 of Psalms chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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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.

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Psalms 31:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

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

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

17 O 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.

18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 4:6

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

Psalms 30:7

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

Psalms 67:1

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

Psalms 80:3

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

Psalms 80:7

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

Psalms 80:19

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

Numbers 6:25

may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

Numbers 6:26

may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’

Daniel 9:17

So 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.

Psalms 6:4

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

Psalms 51:1

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

Psalms 106:45

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

Daniel 9:9

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

Daniel 9:18

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

Romans 9:15

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

Romans 9:23

What 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 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 2:4

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

Ephesians 2:5

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

Ephesians 2:6

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:7

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

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