And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
Psalm 27:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 One thing have I asked 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 inquire in his temple. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple. [Ps. 16:11; 18:6; 65:4; Luke 2:37.] American Standard Version (1901) One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. Common English Bible I have asked one thing from the LORD— it’s all I seek: to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, seeing the LORD’s beauty and constantly adoring his temple. Catholic Public Domain Version Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward. |
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
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.
I will wash mine hands in innocency; So will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, The holy place of thy temple.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all year heart.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
and she had been a widow even for fourscore and four years), which departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
And David inquired of the LORD, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.