Psalm 27:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

Common English Bible

⁸ Come, my heart says, seek God’s face. LORD, I do seek your face!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

Psalm 27:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year, and David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Psalm 105:4

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.

Psalm 119:58

I implore your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

Psalm 24:6

Such is the company of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Isaiah 45:19

I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Hosea 5:15

I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:

John 11:29

And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him.