KJV King James Version
[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
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Psalm 27:8
[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
WEB World English Bible
When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”
ASV American Standard Version
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
To Thee said my heart ‘They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.’
Surrounding context — Psalm 27
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
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.
8 [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.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
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Psalm 105:4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.Jeremiah 29:12-13Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.Isaiah 55:6-7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Psalm 119:58I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.Psalm 24:6This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Psalm 63:1-2A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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;Hosea 5:15I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.Isaiah 45:19I 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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