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

On your behalf my heart says, "Seek my face." Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek.

When you search for me, then you will find [me], if you seek me with all your heart.

Then I turned my face to the Lord God to seek [him] [by] prayer and pleas for mercy, in fasting and [in] sackcloth and ashes.

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

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

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Dwell

Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay in the house of Yahweh {for a very long time}.

I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,

Blessed [is one whom] you choose and bring near, [that] he may abide in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

Blessed [are] those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah

She {made a vow} and said: "O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant {a male child} then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head."

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.

Behold

From Zion, [the] perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king comes to you; he [is] righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a male donkey, {the foal of} a female donkey!

And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Beauty

Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.

General references

Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking at Shiloh. (Now Eli the priest [was] sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh.)

Blessed [are] your men, and blessed [are] these your servants who stand before you regularly and hear your wisdom!