Their Faces Were Radiant
"I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame."
— Psalm 34:2-5
This psalm carries a note saying when it was written. David was running from a king and saved himself by pretending to be insane. A song of thanks came out of that, not a story about courage. The line about radiant faces is about people who looked at God and lost something from their expression. It does not say they stopped being afraid. It says they stopped being ashamed.