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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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Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. …
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O 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; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)David in these verses expresses, I. His desire towards God, in many petitions. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. 1. He humbly bespeaks, because he firmly believes he shall have, a gracious audience: “ Hear, O Lord, when I cry , not only with my heart, but, as one in earnest, with my voice too .” He bespeaks als…
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