Thematic Bible: Favour of


Thematic Bible



It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
And your land, “Married”;
For the Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.

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.


For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their kings will minister to you;
For in My wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

“I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.

I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”



O God, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

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.”


Make Your face to shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.

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.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.

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

So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.


Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

In the light of a king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud with the spring rain.

Many seek the ruler’s favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.


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