Psalm 27:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ One matter I asked of יהוה  – this I seek: To dwell in the House of יהוה  All the days of my life, To see the pleasantness of יהוה, And to inquire in His Hĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.

Psalm 27:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

Psalm 23:6

Only goodness and kindness follow me All the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the House of יהוה, To the length of days!

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence; And I walk around Your altar, O יהוה,

Psalm 26:8

יהוה, I have loved the abode of Your house, And the place where Your esteem dwells.

Psalm 27:8

To my heart You have said, “Seek My face.” Your face, יהוה, I seek.

Psalm 50:2

From Tsiyon, the perfection of loveliness, Elohim shall shine forth.

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is the one You choose, And bring near to dwell in Your courts. We are satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your set-apart Hĕ

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courts Is better than a thousand days. I have chosen rather to be a doorkeeper In the House of my Elohim, Than to dwell in the tents of the wrong.

Psalm 84:4

Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, They are ever praising You. Selah.

Psalm 90:17

And let the pleasantness Of יהוה  our Elohim be upon us, And confirm the work of our hands for us; O confirm the work of our hands!

Jeremiah 29:13

‘And you shall seek Me, and shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face toward יהוה  the Elohim to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tsiyon! Shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim! See, your Sovereign is coming to you, He is righteous and endowed with deliverance, humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 6:33

“But seek first the reign of Elohim, and His righteousness, and all these matters shall be added to you.

Luke 10:42

but one only is necessary, and Miryam has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in and shall not be able.

Luke 18:1

And He spoke a parable to them, that they should always pray and not lose heart,

Luke 2:37

and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not leave the Set-apart Place, but served Elohim with fastings and prayers night and day.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of יהוה, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from יהוה, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For Elohim, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts for the enlightening of the knowledge of the esteem of Elohim in the face of יהושע  Messiah.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold of it yet, but only this: forgetting what is behind and reaching out for what lies ahead,

1 Timothy 5:5

And she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in Elohim and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

Hebrews 11:6

But without belief it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Elohim has to believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him.

1 Samuel 1:11

And she made a vow and said, “O יהוה  of hosts, if You would indeed look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me, and not forget your female servant, but shall give your female servant a male child, then I shall give him to יהוה  all the days of his life, and let no razor come upon his head.”

1 Samuel 22:10

“And he inquired of יהוה  for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Golyath the Philistine.”

1 Samuel 30:8

And Dawiḏ