Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face — even Jacob. Selah.
- KJV This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- NKJV This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah
- NASB This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah
- NLT Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob. Interlude
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Quick answer
This describes the generation that seeks God's face. True seekers form the people who belong to him.
Overview
The psalm identifies the worshipers as a generation marked by seeking the face of God, longing for his presence. 'Even Jacob' links them to the covenant people and their forefather. Selah invites pause and reflection. Those who seek God through Christ are the true seekers, drawn to behold his glory and welcomed into his presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 105:4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Ps 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Ps 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- Rom 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
- Ps 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
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