Psalm 27:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "O LORD, I will seek your face." (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face'; Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

WBS:

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

WEB:

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

YLT:

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

Psalm 27:8 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 105:4 Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Amos 5:6 "Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

27:8 [When thou saidst], {e} Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
(e) He grounds on God's promise and shows that he is most willing to obey his commandment.

MHC:

27:7-14 Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When we are foolishly making court to lying vanities, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in him. The call is general, Seek ye my face; but we must apply it to ourselves, I will seek it. The word does us no good, when we do not ourselves accept the exhortation: a gracious heart readily answers to the call of a gracious God, being made willing in the day of his power. The psalmist requests the favour of the Lord; the continuance of his presence with him; the benefit of Divine guidance, and the benefit of Divine protection. God's time to help those that trust in him, is, when all other helpers fail. He is a surer and better Friend than earthly parents are, or can be. What was the belief which supported the psalmist? That he should see the goodness of the Lord. There is nothing like the believing hope of eternal life, the foresights of that glory, and foretastes of those pleasures, to keep us from fainting under all calamities. In the mean time he should be strengthened to bear up under his burdens. Let us look unto the suffering Saviour, and pray in faith, not to be delivered into the hands of our enemies. Let us encourage each other to wait on the Lord, with patient expectation, and fervent prayer.

CONC:

Behalf Face Hast Heart O Says Search Seek Sought

Behalf Face Heart Search Seek Sought

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