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Psalms 17:15

God's presenceHopeContentmentJoy

13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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BSB
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
KJV
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
WEB
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
ASV
As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form. Psalm 18 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,
DARBY
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
BLB
I, in righteousness, will see Your face; in [my] waking, I will be satisfied [with] Your form.
ÅB
I rettferdighet skal jeg skue ditt ansikt,
når jeg våkner skal jeg mettes ved din skikkelse.
OTB
Når det gjelder meg, skal jeg skue ditt ansikt i rettferdighet;
Jeg skal bli tilfredsstilt med din likhet når jeg våkner.
B1930
Jeg skal i rettferdighet skue ditt åsyn, jeg skal, når jeg våkner, mettes ved din skikkelse.

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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  • Matthew 5:6

    Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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  • Psalms 16:11

    Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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  • Psalms 11:7

    For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

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  • 1 John 3:2–3

    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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  • Psalms 4:6–7

    There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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  • Philippians 3:21

    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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  • Isaiah 26:19

    Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

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