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Make your face to shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
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Favor Precedes Instruction
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill explain that the two petitions in this verse are deeply connected. The psalmist first asks for God's favor ('make your face to shine') because a right relationship with God is the necessary foundation for understanding His will. Being taught God's statutes is then presented as the greatest evidence of that divine favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Hebrew, “Let your face give light to your servant.” See the notes at Psalm 4:6.
19th Century
Baptist
And teach me your statutes. Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.
The psalmist felt for others as well…
16th Century
Protestant
Make your face to shine upon your servant. This is a repetition of a prayer we have encountered several times before in this Psalm. The Pr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Make your face to shine upon your servant That is, lift up the light of your countenance on me; favour me with your …
The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we will be. They …
