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Psalm 83:17-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

17 Cover their faces with shame,
    till they seek your name,[a] Lord.
18 Let them be ashamed and terrified forever;
    let them perish in disgrace.

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Footnotes

  1. 83:17 Seek your name: a variant of the more typical phrase “to seek the face of God” (Ps 24:6; 27:8; 105:4). Seeking the face of God refers to the worshiper having recourse to a temple or sanctuary where in non-Jewish contexts a statue embodies the physical presence of the Deity. In Israel’s aniconic tradition no visible image or statue can represent God. This understanding is conveyed here concretely by use of the term “your name” rather than the more typical “your face.”
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