New Revised Standard Version
There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O LORD!”

Contemporary English Version
There are some who ask, "Who will be good to us?" Let your kindness, LORD, shine brightly on us.

New American Bible
Many say, “May we see better times! LORD, show us the light of your face!” Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart.

The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart.

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Psalm 39:6 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

Psalm 49:16-20 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:3 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.

Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer.

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.

James 4:13 But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain.

James 5:1-5 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

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Psalm 21:6 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

Psalm 42:5 Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance,

Psalm 44:3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

Psalm 67:1 Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. [2] May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

Psalm 80:1-3,7,19 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth . . .

Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:

Psalm 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

Numbers 6:26 The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee peace.