Psalms 119:135 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalms 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

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

Psalms 119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "face", "shine", "upon", "servant", "teach", and "statutes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "face", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 134's "Deliver me from the oppression of man..." into verse 136's "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes...", so "make" and "face" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "make" and "face" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.