Psalm 31:16

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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

O Yahweh, by your favor you caused my strong mountain to stand. You hid your face. I was bewildered.

May God be gracious to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah

O God, restore us, and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

Yahweh will make shine his face on you and be gracious to you;

"And now, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy. Shine your face upon your desolate sanctuary {for your sake, O Lord}.

Turn, O Yahweh; deliver my life. Save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.

And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.

{Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord, our God}, for we have rebelled against him,

For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,