Psalms 27:8
My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
In Context
7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 105:4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
Isaiah 26:16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:8-14
Confidence in Divine Goodness. 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. 12… Read the whole commentary →