Psalms 119:135

“Make your face shine on your servant, and teach me your statutes.”

Psalms 119:135 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 119:135, word by word

Makeהָאֵרhaer

look with favor

Literally "light up the face": to look on with favor.

Where else “haer” appears
your faceפָּנֶיpane

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “pane” appears
on your servantעַבְדֶּavde

your servant

"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".

Where else “avde” appears
and teach meלַמְּדֵlamde

teach

To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.

Where else “lamde” appears
your statutesחֻקֶּיchuke

statute

A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.

Where else “chuke” appears

The context

134Ransom me from the oppression of human beings, and I will keep your precepts.

135 · This verse (above)

136My eyes run down with streams of water, because they do not keep your instruction.

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