11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(A)
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Do not hide your face(B) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;(C)
    you have been my helper.(D)
Do not reject me or forsake(E) me,
    God my Savior.(F)

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

Hide 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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Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face,(A) God of Jacob.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:6 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts face, Jacob
  2. Psalm 24:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

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before the decree takes effect
    and that day passes like windblown chaff,(A)
before the Lord’s fierce anger(B)
    comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath(C)
    comes upon you.
Seek(D) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(E) seek humility;(F)
    perhaps you will be sheltered(G)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

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Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.

Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.

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Psalm 67[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.

May God be gracious to us and bless us
    and make his face shine on us—[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 67:1 In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.
  2. Psalm 67:1 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.

67 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

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Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”
    Let the light of your face shine on us.(A)

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There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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Seek(A) the Lord and live,(B)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(C)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(D) will have no one to quench it.(E)

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Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

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35 You, God, are awesome(A) in your sanctuary;(B)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength(C) to his people.(D)

Praise be to God!(E)

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35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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41 “Now arise,(A) Lord God, and come to your resting place,(B)
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,(C) Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.(D)

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41 Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

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61 He sent the ark of his might(A) into captivity,(B)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.

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61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

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