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Psalm 27:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 27:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 Even now my head is raised high
above my enemies who surround me.
In his tent I will offer sacrifices[a] with joyous shouts;
I will sing and chant praise to the Lord.
7 O Lord, hear my voice when I cry out;
be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart[b] says of you,
“Seek his face.”
It is your face, O Lord, that I seek;
Footnotes
- Psalm 27:6 I will offer sacrifices: see note on Ps 7:18.
- Psalm 27:8 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8. Seek his face: an idiom meaning to commune with the Lord, originating in the custom of pilgrimages to sacred places (see Pss 24:6; 105:4; 2 Sam 21:1; Hos 5:15). It then took on the general sense of seeking to know the Lord, anticipate his desires, and live in his presence. In a word, to seek the Lord is to serve him faithfully (Deut 4:29-31).
