'Be Gracious' in the Bible

As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”

The Lord make His face shine on you,And be gracious to you;

He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows, the Lord may be gracious to me, that the child may live.’

Then let him be gracious to him, and say,‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,I have found a ransom’;

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have relieved me in my distress;Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away;Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.

Be gracious to me, O Lord;See my affliction from those who hate me,You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Turn to me and be gracious to me,For I am lonely and afflicted.

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice,And be gracious to me and answer me.

“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;O Lord, be my helper.”

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up,That I may repay them.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,For my soul takes refuge in You;And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refugeUntil destruction passes by.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,Awake to punish all the nations;Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.God be gracious to us and bless us,And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.

Has God forgotten to be gracious,Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.

Be gracious to me, O Lord,For to You I cry all day long.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,And save the son of Your handmaid.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion;For it is time to be gracious to her,For the appointed time has come.

Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him,Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

I sought Your favor with all my heart;Be gracious to me according to Your word.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,After Your manner with those who love Your name.

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,For we are greatly filled with contempt.

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;Women come and make a fire with them,For they are not a people of discernment,Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.For the Lord is a God of justice;How blessed are all those who long for Him.

O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.Be their strength every morning,Our salvation also in the time of distress.

Hate evil, love good,And establish justice in the gate!Perhaps the Lord God of hostsMay be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

“But now will you not entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.