Psalm 27:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy 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 sought the face of the Lord. And 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, and pray and 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 entreat thy favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to thy promise.

Psalm 24:6

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

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon 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, and in their distress they seek me, saying,

John 11:29

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