Psalms 30:7
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O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
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When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.