Psalms 27:8
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
KJV
Dominus fortitudo plebis suæ, et protector salvationum christi sui est.
Vulgate
Κύριος κραταίωμα τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς τῶν σωτηρίων τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
LXX
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
ASV
לְ/ךָ֤ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּ/י בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑/י אֶת פָּנֶ֖י/ךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2730In positive terms, the battle against the possessive and dominating self requires vigilance, sobriety of heart. When Jesus insists on vigilance, he always relates it to himself, to his coming on the last day and every day: today. the bridegroom comes in the middle of the night; the light that must not be extinguished is that of faith: "'Come,' my heart says, 'seek his face!'"17
Abba Sisoes said, "Seek God and do not seek where he dwells."
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:11 — Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
- Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
- Eccl 2:1 — I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
- Hos 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.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- John 11:29 — As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
- Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Ps 16:2 — O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Ps 24:6 — This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- Ps 24:6 — This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Ps 53:2 — God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
- Ps 63:1 — 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;
- Ps 105:4 — Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- Ps 105:4 — Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- Ps 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
- Ps 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.