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15 When the king smiles, there is life;
    his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

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May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass,
    like the showers that water the earth.

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23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
    They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
24 When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
    My look of approval was precious to them.

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28 You have shown me the way of life,
    and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:25-28 Ps 16:8-11 (Greek version).

Oh, that we might know the Lord!
    Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
    or the coming of rains in early spring.”

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12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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For his anger lasts only a moment,
    but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.

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You have endowed him with eternal blessings
    and given him the joy of your presence.

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Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
    Let your face smile on us, Lord.

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The Lord Will Restore His People

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring,
    for he makes the storm clouds.
And he will send showers of rain
    so every field becomes a lush pasture.

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