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Psalms 27:7–8

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Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
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From verse 7

  1. Psalms 130:2–4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

    3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

    4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

  2. Psalms 13:3Rank 2 from verse 7
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    3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

  3. Psalms 5:2Rank 3 from verse 7
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    2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

  4. Psalms 4:1Rank 4 from verse 7
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    1HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

  5. Psalms 143:1–2Rank 5 from verse 7
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    1HEAR my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 105:4Rank 1 from verse 8
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    4Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

  2. Jeremiah 29:12–13Rank 2 from verse 8
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    12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  3. Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  4. Psalms 119:58Rank 4 from verse 8
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    58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

  5. Psalms 24:6Rank 5 from verse 8
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    6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

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Psalms 27:7

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

answer

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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 27:8

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

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8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

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9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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