24:6 Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor,
Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. 1 (Selah)
34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! 2
Strive for peace and promote it! 3
63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, 4
but they will descend into the depths of the earth. 5
83:16 Cover 6 their faces with shame,
so they might seek 7 you, 8 O Lord.
105:3 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God
I will pray for you to prosper. 9
1 tn Heb “this [is the] generation of the ones seeking him, the ones seeking your face, Jacob.” To “seek the
2 tn Or “do good.”
3 tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”
3 tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.
4 sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.
4 tn Heb “fill.”
5 tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).
6 tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.
5 tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.