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Psalms 17:15

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

KJV

Et misit sagittas suas, et dissipavit eos ; fulgura multiplicavit, et conturbavit eos.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν βέλη καὶ ἐσκόρπισεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἀστραπὰς ἐπλήθυνεν καὶ συνετάραξεν αὐτούς.

LXX

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

ASV

אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭/צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑י/ךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝/הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
חָזָ֔ה
chzh
verb · 50×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
יָקִ֑יצוּ
yqytsv
verb · 23×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
תְּמוּנָ֔ה
tmvnh
noun · 10×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 24.—Against Those Who Fancy that in the Judgment of God All the Accused Will Be Spared in Virtue of the Prayers of the Saints. And this reasoning is equally conclusive against those who, in their own interest, but under the guise of a greater tenderness of spirit, attempt to invalidate the words of God, and who assert that these words are true, not because men shall suf…

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:2 — 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.
  • 1John 3:2 — 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.
  • 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • 2Cor 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.
  • 2Cor 5:8 — We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • Acts 2:28 — Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
  • Col 3:4 — When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
  • Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
  • Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
  • Heb 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
  • Isa 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.
  • Job 19:26 — And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
  • Job 19:26 — And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
  • John 11:24 — Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
  • John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
  • John 14:8 — Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
  • Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
  • Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Matt 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Matt 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Matt 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
  • Matt 22:29 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Matt 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
  • Num 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
  • Num 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
  • Phil 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
  • Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Phil 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.
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 5:7 — But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
  • Ps 11:7 — For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
  • Ps 11:7 — For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 23:6 — Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
  • Ps 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.