Discovery BoxPsalms 31:16 
Context31:16 Smile 1 on your servant!
Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
Psalms 67:1
ContextFor the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.
67:1 May God show us his favor 3 and bless us! 4
May he smile on us! 5 (Selah)
Psalms 80:3
Context80:3 O God, restore us!
Smile on us! 6 Then we will be delivered! 7
Psalms 80:7
Context80:7 O God, invincible warrior, 8 restore us!
Smile on us! 9 Then we will be delivered! 10
Psalms 80:19
Context1 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”
2 sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world.
3 tn Or “have mercy on us.”
4 tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (ya’er) in the next line.
5 tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”
6 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).
7 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.
8 tn Heb “O God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also v. 4 for a similar construction.
9 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).
10 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.
11 tn Heb “O
12 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).
13 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.
