Psalms 27:7–8
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Heare, O LORD, when I crie with my voice: haue mercie also vpon mee, and answere me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
‖ When thou saidst, Seeke ye my face, my heart said vnto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seeke.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, my heart seek vnto thee, let my face seeke thy face &c.
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From verse 7
- Psalms 130:2–4Rank 1 from verse 7
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 LORDe, heare my voice: let thine eares be attentiue to the voice of my supplications.
3If thou, LORD, shouldest marke iniquities: O LORD, who shal stand?
4But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.
- Psalms 13:3Rank 2 from verse 7
- Psalms 5:2Rank 3 from verse 7
- Psalms 4:1Rank 4 from verse 7
- Psalms 143:1–2Rank 5 from verse 7
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.
1¶ Heare my prayer, O LORD, giue eare to my supplications: in thy faithfulnesse answere me, and in thy righteousnes.
2*And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified.
From verse 8
- Psalms 105:4Rank 1 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 29:12–13Rank 2 from verse 8
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.
12†Then shall ye call vpon me, and ye shall goe and pray vnto mee, and I will hearken vnto you.
13And ye shall seeke me, and finde me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 3 from verse 8
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.
6¶ Seeke ye the LORD, while he may be found, call ye vpon him while he is neere.
7††Let the wicked forsake his way, & the vnrighteous man his thoughts: and let him returne vnto the LORD, and he will haue mercie vpon him, and to our God, for hee will abundantly pardon.
- Psalms 119:58Rank 4 from verse 8
- Psalms 24:6Rank 5 from verse 8
- Psalms 63:1–2Rank 6 from verse 8
1O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
1¶ O God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a drie and thirstie lande, where no water is:
2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I haue seen thee in the Sanctuary.
- Hosea 5:15Rank 7 from verse 8
- Isaiah 45:19Rank 8 from verse 8
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
19*I haue not spoken in secret, in a darke place of the earth: I said not vnto the seed of Iacob, Seeke ye mee in vaine: I the LORD speake righteousnesse, I declare things that are right.
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Psalms 27:7
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.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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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.
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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
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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.
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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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Psalms 27:8
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Said: spoke, declared, told, or expressed.
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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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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.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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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.
6†And now shall mine head be lifted vp aboue mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of ioy, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises vnto the LORD.
7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
7Heare, O LORD, when I crie with my voice: haue mercie also vpon mee, and answere me.
Selected passage8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
8‖ When thou saidst, Seeke ye my face, my heart said vnto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seeke.
Selected passage9Hide 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.
9Hide not thy face farre frō me, put not thy seruant away in anger: thou hast bin my helpe, leaue me not, neither forsake me, O God of my saluation.