Lexicon :: Strong's H215 - 'ôr

The LORD make His face shine upon you [with favor],

And be gracious to you [surrounding you with lovingkindness];

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,

And with a pillar of fire by night

To light the way for them

In which they were to go.

You, in Your great mercy and compassion,

Did not abandon them in the wilderness;

The pillar of the cloud did not leave them by day,

To lead them in the way,

Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way they should go.

To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],

That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

“Behind him he makes a shining wake;

One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].

Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;

Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine;

The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart;

The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant;

Save me in Your lovingkindness.

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us,

And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

You are glorious and resplendent,

More majestic than the mountains of prey.

The voice of Your thunder was in the [fn]whirlwind;

The lightnings illumined the world;

The earth trembled and shook.

Restore us, O God;

Cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

Restore us, O God of hosts;

And cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;

Cause Your face to shine on us [in favor and approval], and we shall be saved.

His lightnings have illuminated the world;

The earth has seen and trembled.

The LORD spread a cloud as a covering [by day],

And a fire to illumine the night.

The LORD is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy].

Bind the festival sacrifices with [fn]cords to the horns of the altar.

The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;

Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).

Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant,

And teach me Your statutes.

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,

But the night shines as bright as the day;

Darkness and light are alike to You.

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,

That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:

The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Who is like the wise man?

And who knows the interpretation of a matter?

A man’s wisdom illumines his face,

And causes his stern face to beam.

When its branches are dry, they are broken off;

The women come and [fn]make a fire with them.

For they are not a people of understanding,

Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them,

And He who created them will not be gracious to them.

“Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the LORD]; for your light has come,

And the glory and brilliance of the LORD has risen upon you.

“The sun will no longer be your light by day,

Nor shall the bright glow of the moon give light to you,

But the LORD will be an everlasting light for you;

And your God will be your glory and splendor.

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;

I will cover the sun with a cloud

And the moon will not give its light.