This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face — even Jacob. Selah.
- BSB Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of 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 the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- Ps 27:8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- Ps 73:15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
- Rom 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
- Ps 22:30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- 1 Pet 2:9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- Isa 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
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