Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

with a similar meaning. Again:ARCANA COELESTIA 4023Deliver me from the hands of mine enemies, and from them thatpersecute me. Make thy faces to shine upon thy servant (Ps. 31:15, 16;so too Ps. 119:134–135).In Daniel:Hear, O our God, the praying of thy servant, and his prayers, andcause thy faces to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate (Dan. 9:17);“causing the faces to shine” denoting to be merciful.[4] In David:There are many that say, Who will make us see good? Lift up thelight of thy faces upon us (Ps. 4:6–7);“lifting up the light of the faces” denotes to give good from mercy.In Hosea:Let them seek my faces when distress is theirs; in the morning letthem seek me (Hos. 5:15).Again in David:Seek ye my faces; thy faces, Jehovah, will I seek (Ps. 27:8–9).Seek Jehovah and his strength; seek his faces continually (Ps.105:4);“to seek the faces of Jehovah” denotes to seek his mercy.Again:and in Matthew:I shall see thy faces in righteousness (Ps. 17:15);