Psalm 30:7
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7 By your favor, O Lord,
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.(A)
Psalm 104:29
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29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.(A)
Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Psalm 89:17
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17 For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.(A)
Psalm 40:2
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2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(A)
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- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
Psalm 30:5
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5 For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.(A)
Psalm 5:12
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12 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover them with favor as with a shield.(A)
Job 10:12
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12 You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.(A)
1 Chronicles 17:26-27
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26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; 27 therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord, have blessed and are blessed[a] forever.”
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- 17.27 Or and it is blessed
Deuteronomy 31:17
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17 My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’(A)
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Isaiah 38:17
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17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[a] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.(A)
Footnotes
- 38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
Psalm 102:10
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10 because of your indignation and anger,
for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
Psalm 44:3
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3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.(A)
Psalm 18:35-36
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35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand has supported me;
your help[a] has made me great.
36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
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- 18.35 Or gentleness
Psalm 13:1-2
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Psalm 13
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
2 How long must I bear pain[a] in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?(B)
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- 13.2 Syr: Heb hold counsels
Psalm 10:1
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Psalm 10
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
1 [a]Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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- 10.1 Psalms 9–10 were originally one psalm, as in the Greek and Latin traditions. In Hebrew, Psalms 9–10 formed an acrostic.
Job 30:26-31
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26 But when I looked for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, darkness came.(A)
27 My inward parts are in turmoil and are never still;
days of affliction come to meet me.
28 I go about in sunless gloom;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(B)
29 I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.(C)
30 My skin turns black and falls from me,
and my bones burn with heat.(D)
31 My lyre is turned to mourning
and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.(E)
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