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Psalm 4:6

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

4Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in the LORD.
6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
7You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
8In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.
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The question about finding any good turns into a prayer for God’s face to shine, expressing a longing for his favor amid uncertainty.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Numbers 6:26The LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’Both passages ask for the LORD’s face to turn toward his people; Numbers also asks him to give peace.
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.Both passages direct attention to the LORD’s face, one through a plea for light and the other through a command to seek.
Psalm 67:1For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.Both prayers ask God to cause his face to shine on a group of people that includes the speaker.
Psalm 80:19Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.Both prayers ask for God’s face to shine; Psalm 80 links that request with being saved.
Exodus 33:15Moses said to him, “If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here.Both prayers seek God’s presence with his people, expressed through his shining face in the psalm and his accompanying presence in Exodus.
Psalm 31:16Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.Both prayers ask for God’s face to shine, with Psalm 31 also asking for rescue in his loving kindness.
Psalm 89:15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.Both passages speak of light associated with the LORD’s presence, sought in Psalm 4 and walked in by the people in Psalm 89.
Exodus 33:18Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”Both speakers ask God to reveal something of himself, his shining face in the psalm and his glory in Moses’ request.
Job 22:17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’Both passages report questions about receiving good or help, though Job’s quoted speakers reject God while the psalm turns toward him.
Revelation 22:4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.God’s face is the shared thread: the psalm asks for its light, and Revelation says his servants will see it.
2 Samuel 22:29For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness.Both passages address the LORD as the source of light, requested in the psalm and described as lighting darkness in Samuel.
1 Kings 3:11God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked …The connection is limited to requests directed to God: the psalm seeks his shining face, while Solomon has asked for understanding.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. fear for the future. doubt.

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Uncertainty about finding good has a place in this prayer. The request reaches beyond what circumstances can show: it asks for the light of God’s favor.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).