Psalms 27:8

27:8 My heart tells me to pray to you, ¹ 

and I do pray to you, O Lord. ² 

Psalms 105:4

105:4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!

Seek his presence continually!

John 1:47

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, ³  “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴ 

¹ tc Heb “concerning you my heart says, ‘Seek my face.’” The verb form “seek” is plural, but this makes no sense here, for the psalmist is addressed. The verb should be emended to a singular form. The first person pronominal suffix on “face” also makes little sense, unless it is the voice of the Lord he hears. His “heart” is viewed as speaking, however, so it is better to emend the form to פָּנָיו (panayv, “his face”).

² tn Heb “your face, O Lord, I seek.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 24:6; 105:4).

³ tn Grk “said about him.”

⁴ tn Or “treachery.”