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Hear my voice, Lord, when I call;
    have mercy on me and answer me.
“Come,” says my heart, “seek his face”;[a]
    your face, Lord, do I seek!(A)

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  1. 27:8 Seek his face: to commune with God in the Temple. The idiom is derived from the practice of journeying to sacred places, cf. Hos 5:15; 2 Sm 21:1; Ps 24:6.

Hear my voice(A) when I call, Lord;
    be merciful to me and answer me.(B)
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(C)
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.

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“Come,” says my heart, “seek his face”;[a]
    your face, Lord, do I seek!(A)
Do not hide your face from me;
    do not repel your servant in anger.
You are my salvation; do not cast me off;
    do not forsake me, God my savior!

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  1. 27:8 Seek his face: to commune with God in the Temple. The idiom is derived from the practice of journeying to sacred places, cf. Hos 5:15; 2 Sm 21:1; Ps 24:6.

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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13 I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness
    in the land of the living.[a](A)
14 Wait for the Lord, take courage;
    be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!

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  1. 27:13 In the land of the living: or “in the land of life,” an epithet of the Jerusalem Temple (Ps 52:7; 116:9; Is 38:11), where the faithful had access to the life-giving presence of God.

13 I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord(A)
    in the land of the living.(B)
14 Wait(C) for the Lord;
    be strong(D) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

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