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Psalms 119:135

119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

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Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Make your face to shine on your servant; and teach me your statutes.

119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

What does Psalms 119:135 mean?

Psalms 119:135 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּנִים (pânîym), אוֹר (ʼôwr), עֶבֶד (ʻebed).

Hebrew interlinear

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Make
thy
faceפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the 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.)
to
shineאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
upon
thy
servant;עֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
and
teachלָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/H3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
me
thy
statutes.חֹקchôq/khoke/H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:135.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Deuteronomy 4:14

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

Deuteronomy 4:5

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. keep: Heb. keep to do them

Deuteronomy 5:31

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: go: Heb. pass over

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What does Psalms 119:135 say?

Psalms 119:135 (King James Version) reads: "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes."

Is Psalms 119:135 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:135 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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