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Psalms 119:135

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

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פָּ֭נֶיךָpaneykhaa- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the 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.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…הָאֵ֣רhaergloriousאוֹרverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “glorious”, a commandH215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)[idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָbeavdekhain servantעֶבֶדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.וְ֝לַמְּדֵ֗נִיvelamdeniand teachלָמַדconjunction, verb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and teach”, a commandH3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)(un-) accustomed, [idiom] diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֻקֶּֽיךָchuqeykhaappointedחֹקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπίφανον ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου, καὶ δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.