Psalm 27:8 When you said, Seek you my face; my heart said to you, Your face, LORD, will I seek. I. THE REFERENCE. 1. How brief it is. Though a text of but four syllables, it is in itself a Bible; so much is in it, and this much so good. Plainly faith does not require the complete revelation of the Bible to warrant and sustain its exercise. In general, it is not a long passage, but a short) sentence, like the point of an arrow striking the mark, or the edge of a sword cutting through and through by a single blow, that does it. 2. How precise it is. It admits no vagueness, no ambiguity, no uncertainty. 3. How affectionate it is. What condescension, benignity, loving-kindness. II. THE RESPONSE. 1. How practical it is. It does what is required — readily, hopefully. 2. How simple it is. Voice answering to voice, heart echoing to heart. 3. How cordial it is. III. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. 1. The reference elicits the response. 2. The response fulfils the reference. (E. A. Thomson.) Parallel Verses KJV: When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.WEB: When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh." |
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