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

My heart says this about You,
“You are to seek My face.”
Lord, I will seek Your face.

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

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

But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“Keep asking,

and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

“So I say to you, keep asking,

and it will be given to you. Keep searching,

and you will find. Keep knocking,

and the door will be opened to you.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Dwell

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.

I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,

How happy is the one You choose
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.

How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.Selah

Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Hosts, if You will take notice of Your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give Your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

Behold

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.

So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
He is righteous and victorious,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at

the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Beauty

So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.

General references

Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.

How happy are your men.

How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.