Psalms 119:135

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּ֭נֶיךָ הָאֵ֣ר בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝לַמְּדֵ֗נִי אֶת־חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

pānêkā hāʾēr in ʿaḇdekā wəlammədēnî ʾet-ḥuqqêkā

Grammar Details

*pānêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
*hāʾēr*: imperative, masculine singular, hiphil - cause to shine/make shine
*ʿaḇdekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*wəlammədēnî*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular, piel with 1st person singular suffix - and teach me
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes

Word Meanings

*pānêkā*: your face/your presence/your countenance
*hāʾēr*: cause to shine/make shine/illuminate
*ʿaḇdekā*: your servant/your slave
*lammədēnî*: teach me/instruct me/train me
*ḥuqqêkā*: your statutes/your decrees/your laws

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 4:6 : 6 Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Ps 80:3 : 3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:19 : 19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:26 : 26 I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;
Rev 22:4-5 : 4 and they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] on their foreheads. 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Num 6:25-26 : 25 Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Job 33:26 : 26 He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.
Job 34:32 : 32 That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
Job 35:11 : 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Job 36:22 : 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
Ps 80:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.

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Ps 31:16
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16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
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122Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.
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Ps 119:33-35
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33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
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25Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Ps 119:16-19
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74%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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Ps 119:37-40
4 verses
74%
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
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136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
Ps 119:68
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68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:76-77
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76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
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Ps 119:64-66
3 verses
73%
64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:170-171
2 verses
73%
170Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.
171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
Ps 119:159
72%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
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72%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
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Ps 119:108
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Ps 90:16
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16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.
Ps 80:19
70%
19Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 4:6
70%
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Ps 119:58
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Ps 132:10
69%
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Ps 80:3
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3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.