Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. New Living Translation With all my heart I want your blessings. Be merciful as you promised. English Standard Version I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. Berean Standard Bible I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. King James Bible I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. New King James Version I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word. New American Standard Bible I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. NASB 1995 I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. NASB 1977 I entreated Thy favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Thy word. Legacy Standard Bible I have sought to please Your face with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. Amplified Bible I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise. Christian Standard Bible I have sought your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. Holman Christian Standard Bible I have sought Your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. American Standard Version I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word. Contemporary English Version With all my heart I beg you to be kind to me, just as you have promised. English Revised Version I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. GOD'S WORD® Translation With all my heart I want to win your favor. Be kind to me as you promised. Good News Translation I ask you with all my heart to have mercy on me, as you have promised! International Standard Version I have sought your favor with all of my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. Majority Standard Bible I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. NET Bible I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised! New Heart English Bible I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. Webster's Bible Translation I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to thy word. World English Bible I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI appeased Your face with the whole heart, "" Favor me according to Your saying. Young's Literal Translation I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying. Smith's Literal Translation I waited for thy face with all the heart: compassionate me according to thy word. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I entreat you with all my heart: have mercy on me in accord with your promise. New Revised Standard Version I implore your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI entreated thy favor with my whole heart; save me according to thy word. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated I have waited for your face with my whole heart! Give me life according to your word! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I have entreated Thy favour with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to Thy word. Brenton Septuagint Translation I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. 58I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. 59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.… Cross References Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. / It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. 2 Chronicles 30:9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” Luke 11:9-10 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Jeremiah 29:12-13 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Psalm 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, Joel 2:12-13 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Treasury of Scripture I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word. I intreated Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Psalm 51:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions… favour. Psalm 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Job 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. be merciful Psalm 119:41,65,76,170 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word… Psalm 56:4,10 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me… Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. Jump to Previous Appeased Entreat Entreated Face Favor Favour Gracious Heart Intreated Merciful Mind Pleasure Promise Sought Whole WordJump to Next Appeased Entreat Entreated Face Favor Favour Gracious Heart Intreated Merciful Mind Pleasure Promise Sought Whole WordPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw I have sought Your face The phrase "I have sought Your face" reflects a deep, personal pursuit of God's presence. In Hebrew, the word for "sought" is "דָּרַשׁ" (darash), which implies a diligent, intentional search. This is not a casual glance but a fervent desire to encounter God intimately. The "face" of God symbolizes His presence and favor. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, seeking the face of a king was akin to seeking his favor and blessing. Thus, the psalmist expresses a longing for a personal relationship with God, emphasizing the importance of seeking God earnestly in prayer and worship. with all my heart be gracious to me according to Your promise Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I have soughtחִלִּ֣יתִי (ḥil·lî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick Your face פָנֶ֣יךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face with all בְכָל־ (ḇə·ḵāl-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every my heart; לֵ֑ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre be gracious to me חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי (ḥān·nê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore according to Your promise. כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃ (kə·’im·rā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 565: Utterance, speech, word Links Psalm 119:58 NIVPsalm 119:58 NLT Psalm 119:58 ESV Psalm 119:58 NASB Psalm 119:58 KJV Psalm 119:58 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:58 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:58 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:58 French Bible Psalm 119:58 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:58 I sought your favor with my whole (Psalm Ps Psa.) |