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OET-LV Seek Yahweh and_strength_his seek face_his continually.
UHB דִּרְשׁ֤וּ יְהוָה֙ וְעֻזּ֔וֹ בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ פָנָ֖יו תָּמִֽיד׃ ‡
(dirshū yahweh vəˊuzzō baqqəshū fānāyv tāmiyd.)
Key: yellow:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Seek Yahweh and his strength;
⇔ seek his face continually.
UST Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength.
⇔ Frequently pray to him!
BSB Seek out the LORD and His strength;
⇔ seek His face always.
OEB No OEB 1CH book available
WEB Seek Yahweh and his strength.
⇔ Seek his face forever more.
WMB Seek the LORD and his strength.
⇔ Seek his face forever more.
MSG (8-19)Thank God! Call out his Name!
Tell the whole world who he is and what he’s done!
Sing to him! Play songs for him!
Broadcast all his wonders!
Revel in his holy Name,
God-seekers, be jubilant!
Study God and his strength,
seek his presence day and night;
Remember all the wonders he performed,
the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth.
Seed of Israel his servant!
Children of Jacob, his first choice!
He is God, our God;
wherever you go you come on his judgments and decisions.
He keeps his commitments across thousands
of generations, the covenant he commanded,
The same one he made with Abraham,
the very one he swore to Isaac;
He posted it in big block letters to Jacob,
this eternal covenant with Israel:
“I give you the land of Canaan,
this is your inheritance;
Even though you’re not much to look at,
a few straggling strangers.”
NET Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!
⇔ Seek his presence continually!
LSV Seek YHWH and His strength,
Seek His face continually.
FBV Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be with him.
T4T Trust in Yahweh and in his power;
⇔ continually seek to get help from him.
LEB • seek his face continually!
BBE Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
MOF No MOF 1CH book available
JPS Seek ye the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually.
ASV Seek ye Jehovah and his strength;
⇔ Seek his face evermore.
DRA Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.
YLT Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.
DBY Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;
RV Seek ye the LORD and his strength; seek his face evermore.
WBS Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
KJB Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
BB Seeke God and his strength: seeke his face euermore.
(Seeke God and his strength: seek his face evermore.)
GNV Seeke the Lord and his strength: seeke his face continually.
(Seeke the Lord and his strength: seek his face continually. )
CB O seke the LORDE and his strength, seke his face euermore.
(O seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face evermore.)
WYC Seke ye the Lord and his vertu; seke ye euere his face.
(Seke ye/you_all the Lord and his virtue; seek ye/you_all euere his face.)
LUT Fraget nach dem HErrn und nach seiner Macht; suchet sein Angesicht allezeit!
(Fraget nach to_him HErrn and nach his Macht; suchet his Angesicht allezeit!)
CLV Quærite Dominum, et virtutem ejus: quærite faciem ejus semper.
(Quærite Dominum, and virtutem his: quærite faciem his semper. )
BRN Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.
BrLXX Ζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσατε, ζητήσατε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ διαπαντός.
(Zaʸtaʸsate ton Kurion kai isⱪusate, zaʸtaʸsate to prosōpon autou diapantos. )
16:1-43 The transfer of the Ark (16:1-3) and the conclusion of the event (16:43) are reported exactly as in Samuel (see 2 Sam 6:17-20). However, between these bookends, the Chronicler elaborates on the celebrations that accompanied the event and on the permanent arrangements for worship (1 Chr 16:4-42). David’s psalm of celebration is the central focus of the account.
Seeking the Lord
As Israel was on the verge of entering the Promised Land, Moses instructed the people to “seek the Lord . . . at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes” (Deut 12:5). The Israelites were to rid the land of pagan worship practices and establish the centrality of the worship of God. In the wilderness, they constructed the Tabernacle as the place where God would manifest his presence and where the people would come to worship him. Once they were settled in the Promised Land, they were to build a more permanent sanctuary.
During the period of the judges, the people of Israel often sought the gods of the surrounding nations rather than the one true God. The establishment of the monarchy brought the hope that the entire nation would be unified in the worship of God. However, the first king, Saul, lost the kingdom and his life in part because he sought a medium rather than the Lord (1 Chr 10:13-14). Many of the kings throughout Israel’s history would follow Saul’s example of disobedience and would lead the nation into pagan religious practices.
David, by contrast, was a man after the Lord’s own heart (1 Sam 13:14). As king, one of David’s chief concerns was to restore the prominence of the Ark of the Covenant, which the Israelites had neglected in the days of Saul (1 Chr 13:3). David failed in his first attempt to bring the Ark to Jerusalem because he and the Levites did not seek the Lord’s counsel regarding its transport (13:1-14; 15:13). David later brought the Ark to Jerusalem successfully (15:1–16:1).
The sanctuary and worship in Jerusalem provided a crucial component in seeking the Lord. Once the Ark was situated in the tent prepared for it in Jerusalem, David established a new role for Levites as ministers of music (16:4-6). And David consistently exhorted the leaders to “seek the Lord” in building the Temple (22:19; cp. 28:8-10). Solomon’s first act to consolidate the kingdom was to gather all the leaders together at the altar at Gibeon in order to seek the Lord (2 Chr 1:1-6). The Lord met Solomon there to grant him both wisdom and wealth like that of no other king. Later, Solomon completed the Temple and dedicated it as a place for seeking the Lord (2 Chr 6).
Isaiah the prophet urged those waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises to seek God: “Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near” (Isa 55:6). God’s covenant and promise are certain (Isa 55:3), and they are reserved for those who seek the Lord.
Passages for Further Study
1 Chr 10:13-14; 13:3; 16:11-13; 22:19; 28:8-10; 2 Chr 6:19-40; 7:14; Pss 27:4-8; 105:4-6; Isa 55:6-7; Jer 29:13-14; Matt 6:31-33; Rom 2:7
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) Seek Yahweh and his strength
(Some words not found in UHB: seek YHWH and,strength,his seek face,his continually )
To “seek Yahweh’s strength” means to ask him to strengthen you. Alternate translation: “Seek Yahweh and ask him to give you his strength”
(Occurrence 0) seek his presence continually
(Some words not found in UHB: seek YHWH and,strength,his seek face,his continually )
Alternate translation: “seek to be near him always”