“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky.

“His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
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 meditate in His temple.

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

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;
Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Rise up, be our help,
And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

For such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will guide us until death.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.

May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”

Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake.

Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

“It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

The young lions roar after their prey
And seek their food from God.

Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.

Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually.

Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name,
That He might make His power known.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

But You, O God, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,
Who seek Him with all their heart.

And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.

Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.

For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

For the sake of David Your servant,
Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me.
In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Many will seek the favor of a generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

“They struck me, but I did not become ill;
They beat me, but I did not know it.
When shall I awake?
I will seek another drink.”

Evil men do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord understand all things.

The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such concern.

Many seek the ruler’s favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.

and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

‘I must arise now and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.

“Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?”

Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.

Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.

The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, the king of Assyria.”

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

“How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”

A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.

At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning they are no more.
Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.

So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’”

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

And no resident will say, “I am sick”;
The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

And all the host of heaven will wear away,
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

‘For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To prepare an idol that will not totter.

“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.

Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.

“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.

“I have not spoken in secret,
In some dark land;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in a waste place’;
I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright.

“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.

“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
Who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
And to the quarry from which you were dug.