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Psalm 31

Psa. 31:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Makeq thy face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the 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.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
to shine
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
upon thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
: save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
me for thy mercies’
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
sake.
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Num. 6:25‑26• 25Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
 26Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Num. 6:25‑26)

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Psa. 4:6• 6Many are saying, "Who will show us good?"{HR}Lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Jehovah. (Psa. 4:6)
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Psa. 30:7• 7O Jehovah, in thy favour thou hast established strength for my mountain;{HR}Thou hast hidden thy face: I have been confounded. (Psa. 30:7)
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Psa. 67:1• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth ; a psalm, a song.{HR}God be gracious to us and bless us;{HR}Cause his face to shine upon us (Selah), (Psa. 67:1)
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Psa. 80:3,7,19• 3O God, restore us,{HR}And cause thy face to shine,{HR}And we shall be saved.
 7O God of hosts, restore us,{HR}And cause thy face to shine,{HR}And we shall be saved.
 19Restore us, O Jehovah God of hosts,{HR}Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:3,7,19)
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Num. 6:25‑26• 25Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
 26Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Num. 6:25‑26)
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Dan. 9:17• 17And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. (Dan. 9:17)
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Psa. 6:4• 4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul;{HR}Save me for thy mercy's sake. (Psa. 6:4)
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Psa. 51:1• 1To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)
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Psa. 106:45• 45And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies; (Psa. 106:45)
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Dan. 9:9,18• 9With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;
 18Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies. (Dan. 9:9,18)
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Rom. 9:15,23• 15For to Moses he saith, “I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy and will pity whomsoever I pity.”
 23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory— (Rom. 9:15,23)
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Eph. 1:6‑7• 6unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace, (Eph. 1:6‑7)
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Eph. 2:4‑7• 4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5even us being dead in our offences he quickened with the Christ (by grace are ye saved),
 6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
 7that he might show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
• It looks hence for His face to shine on it; but that through His appearing for it, it should not be finally ashamed, nor will any that trust in Him. (“Psalm 31” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.

W. Kelly Translation

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Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant;{HR}In thy mercy save me.