Daniel 9:17

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

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

Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

David arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God’s ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the cherubim.

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock has been taken captive.

Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.

My God, turn your ear, and hear. Open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake.

Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:

He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Yahweh, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us.

Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”

Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.