Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
Parallel translations
- WEB Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
- KJV Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- BSB Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- NKJV Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!
- NLT Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.
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Quick answer
Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually. The believer is to pursue both God's power and His presence without ceasing.
Overview
The psalmist urges a continual seeking of the LORD, His strength to sustain and His face for fellowship. This is the posture of a heart set on God. Such seeking is answered in Christ, in whom we behold the face of God and find strength made perfect in our weakness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 27:8When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”
- Zeph 2:2–3before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.
- 2 Chr 6:41“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
- Amos 5:4–6For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
- Ps 132:8Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.
- Ps 78:61and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
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