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Of youלְךָmy heartלִבִּיsays,אָמַר“Seekבַּקְּשׁוּmy face.”פָנָיYour face,אֶת פָּנֶיךָYHWH,יְהוָהI will seek.אֲבַקֵּשׁ
Psalms 27:8
Study it in the app“Of you my heart says, “Seek my face.” Your face, YHWH, I will seek.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 27:8, word by word
- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “Seekבַּקְּשׁוּbakshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bakshu” appears- my faceפָנָfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Translation note
A difficult phrase in Hebrew. The psalmist recalls in his heart God’s invitation (“Seek my face”) and answers: “Your face I will seek.”
The context
7Hear, YHWH, my voice when I call, and show me favor and answer me.
8 · This verse (above)
9Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away your servant in anger; my help you have been; do not leave me nor abandon me, Elohim of my salvation.