Psalm 27:8 “My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.”

Psalm 27:8

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

World English Bible

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.”

American Standard Version

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

Geneva Bible 1599

When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I will seeke thy face.

Darby Translation

My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

Young's Literal Translation

To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

Bible in Basic English

When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

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Cross references

“Seek”

Psalm 105:4 Psalm 24:6 Hosea 5:15 Isaiah 45:19 Isaiah 55:6 Isaiah 55:7

Psalm 105:4 · BSB

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalm 24:6 · BSB

Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Hosea 5:15 · BSB

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Isaiah 45:19 · BSB

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Isaiah 55:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

“Thy”

Psalm 119:58 Psalm 63:1 Psalm 63:2 Jeremiah 29:12 Jeremiah 29:13

Psalm 119:58 · BSB

I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Psalm 63:2 · BSB

So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

Jeremiah 29:12 · BSB

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:13 · BSB

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

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

In context

7Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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