The Lord make His face shine upon you: His face, which shines “like the sun shining in its strength” (Rev. 1:16), radiates with His glory—a glory that goes before us, defends from behind us and overspreads us with the excellence of His presence (see Is. 4:5;58:8).
And be gracious to you: These words commend the one so blessed to receive the unmeasured bounty of God’s grace, which is that quality of God’s nature that bespeaks not only His will to show a forgiveness we do not deserve (see Eph. 2:8), but also His readiness to confer upon us the qualifying capability to receive daily power for living that we do not possess. This power sustains us “until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6-7).
