Psalm 27:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ To my heart You have said, “Seek My face.” Your face, יהוה, 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.

Psalm 27:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

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

2 Chronicles 7:14

and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

Psalm 105:4

Seek יהוה  and His strength; Seek His face always.

Psalm 119:58

I have sought Your face with all my heart; Show me favour according to Your word.

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of those who seek Him; Yaʽ

Isaiah 26:16

O יהוה, in distress they shall visit You, they shall pour out a prayer when Your disciplining is upon them.

Isaiah 45:19

“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Yaʽ

Hosea 5:15

“I shall go, I shall return to My place, until they confess their guilt and seek My face, in their distress diligently search for Me, and say,

John 11:29

When she heard, she rose up quickly and came to Him.