so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.
Psalm 17:15 - New Revised Standard Version As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. American Standard Version (1901) As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form. Common English Bible But me? I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be filled full by seeing your image. Catholic Public Domain Version And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them. |
so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.
For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house, I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
Your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead.
With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.