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Let your faceפָנֶיךָshineהָאִירָהon your servant;עַל עַבְדֶּךָsave meהוֹשִׁיעֵנִיin your loyal love.בְחַסְדֶּךָ
Psalms 31:16
Study it in the app“Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your loyal love.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:16, word by word
- Let your faceפָנֶיfane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fane” appears- shineהָאִירָhaira
look with favor
Literally "light up the face": to look on with favor.
Where else “haira” appears- on your servantעַבְדֶּavde
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears- save meהוֹשִׁיעֵhoshie
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshie” appears- in your loyal loveחַסְדֶּchasde
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasde” appears
The context
15In your hand are my times; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 · This verse (above)
17YHWH, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on you; let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in Sheol.