Psalm 17:15 “As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I w…”

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

World English Bible

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

American Standard Version

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.

Darby Translation

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Young's Literal Translation

I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!

Bible in Basic English

As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

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Cross references

“As”

Joshua 24:15 Psalm 5:7

Joshua 24:15 · BSB

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you a…

Psalm 5:7 · BSB

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

“I will”

2 Corinthians 3:18 Psalm 119:111 Psalm 4:6 Job 19:26 Job 19:27

2 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Psalm 119:111 · BSB

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Job 19:26 · BSB

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Job 19:27 · BSB

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

“I shall”

Psalm 16:11 Matthew 5:6 Psalm 65:4 Revelation 21:23 Psalm 36:8 Psalm 36:9

Psalm 16:11 · BSB

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Matthew 5:6 · BSB

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Psalm 65:4 · BSB

Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

Revelation 21:23 · BSB

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Psalm 36:8 · BSB

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

Psalm 36:9 · BSB

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

“I awake”

Isaiah 26:19 Psalm 49:14 Job 14:12 Matthew 27:52 Matthew 27:53

Isaiah 26:19 · BSB

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Psalm 49:14 · BSB

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Job 14:12 · BSB

so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

Matthew 27:52 · BSB

The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Matthew 27:53 · BSB

After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

“with”

Philippians 3:21 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27 1 John 3:2 1 John 3:3

Philippians 3:21 · BSB

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

Genesis 1:26 · BSB

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:27 · BSB

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

1 John 3:2 · BSB

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

1 John 3:3 · BSB

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

Also

Psalm 11:7 Numbers 12:8

Psalm 11:7 · BSB

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Numbers 12:8 · BSB

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

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