Psalms 24:6

24:6 Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor,

Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. ¹  (Selah)

Psalms 34:14

34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! ² 

Strive for peace and promote it! ³ 

Psalms 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ⁴ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ⁵ 

Psalms 83:16

83:16 Cover ⁶  their faces with shame,

so they might seek ⁷  you, ⁸  O Lord.

Psalms 105:3

105:3 Boast about his holy name!

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Psalms 122:9

122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God

I will pray for you to prosper. ⁹ 

[24:6]  ¹ tn Heb “this [is the] generation of the ones seeking him, the ones seeking your face, Jacob.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 27:8; 105:4).

[34:14]  ² tn Or “do good.”

[34:14]  ³ tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”

[63:9]  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.

[63:9]  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.

[83:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “fill.”

[83:16]  ⁵ tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).

[83:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.

[122:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.