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Ps 34:5 Strong Concordance They looked [05027] unto him, and were lightened [05102]: and their faces [06440] were not ashamed [02659].
  King James They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
God's favor to the pious generally, and to himself specially, is celebrated.

looked--with desire for help.

lightened--or, "brightened," expressing joy, opposed to the downcast features of those who are ashamed or disappointed (Psa 25:2-3).
 
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2 O my God [0430], I trust [0982] in thee: let me not be ashamed [0954], let not mine enemies [0341] triumph [05970] over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait [06960] on thee be ashamed [0954]: let them be ashamed [0954] which transgress [0898] without cause [07387].
28 And [2532] now [3568], little children [5040], abide [3306] in [1722] him [846]; that [2443], when [3752] he shall appear [5319], we may have [2192] confidence [3954], and [2532] not [3361] be ashamed [153] before [575] him [846] at [1722] his [846] coming [3952].
33 As [2531] it is written [1125], Behold [2400], I lay [5087] in [1722] Sion [4622] a stumblingstone [3037] [4348] and [2532] rock [4073] of offence [4625]: and [2532] whosoever [3956] believeth [4100] on [1909] him [846] shall [2617] not [3756] be ashamed [2617].
5 They cried [02199] unto thee, and were delivered [04422]: they trusted [0982] in thee, and were not confounded [0954].
20 They were confounded [0954] because they had hoped [0982]; they came [0935] thither, and were ashamed [02659].
5 Then thou shalt see [07200] [03372], and flow together [05102], and thine heart [03824] shall fear [06342], and be enlarged [07337]; because the abundance [01995] of the sea [03220] shall be converted [02015] unto thee, the forces [02428] of the Gentiles [01471] shall come [0935] unto thee.
44 And I will punish [06485] Bel [01078] in Babylon [0894], and I will bring forth [03318] out of his mouth [06310] that which he hath swallowed up [01105]: and the nations [01471] shall not flow together [05102] any more unto him: yea, the wall [02346] of Babylon [0894] shall fall [05307].
12 Therefore they shall come [0935] and sing [07442] in the height [04791] of Zion [06726], and shall flow together [05102] to the goodness [02898] of the LORD [03068], for wheat [01715], and for wine [08492], and for oil [03323], and for the young [01121] of the flock [06629] and of the herd [01241]: and their soul [05315] shall be as a watered [07302] garden [01588]; and they shall not sorrow [01669] any more [03254] at all.
2 And it shall come to pass in the last [0319] days [03117], that the mountain [02022] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] shall be established [03559] in the top [07218] of the mountains [02022], and shall be exalted [05375] above the hills [01389]; and all nations [01471] shall flow [05102] unto it.