Psalms 27:8
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- KJV
- When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
- WEB
- When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.”
- ASV
- [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
- DARBY
- My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.
- BLB
- You have said [to] my heart “Seek My face.” Your face, O YHWH, I will seek.
- ÅB
- Hjertet mitt minner om ditt ord: «Søk mitt ansikt!»
Herre, jeg søker ditt ansikt. - OTB
- Da Du sa, “Søk Mitt ansikt,” svarte mitt hjerte Deg,
“Jeg vil søke Ditt ansikt, Herre.” - B1930
- Mitt hjerte holder frem for dig [ditt ord]: Søk mitt åsyn! Herre, jeg søker ditt åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 105:4
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:12–13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Read in contextPsalms 119:58
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Read in contextPsalms 24:6
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 63:1–2
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Read in contextHosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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