Psalm 27:4

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Psalm 27:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Seek

Dwell

1 Timothy 5:5

Behold

Beauty

Psalm 63:2

General references

1 Samuel 1:9

2 Chronicles 9:7

Bible References

Seek

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“So I say to you,

ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Dwell

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,

And I will

dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ever praising You.

Selah.

She made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

Behold

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.

Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And

confirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is

just and endowed with salvation,

Humble, and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Beauty

Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

General references

Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.