Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 27:8

8. When thou saidst , seek ye my face ; my heart said unto thee , thy face, LORD will I seek.

Either by thy Word, Commanding aud inviting me so to do: Or by thy Spirit, directing and inclining me to it.

(i. e.) Seek my Presence and Favour, and Help, by Fervent and faithful Prayer.

My heart readily and thankfully Comp[illegible: 1+ letters]ed with the Motion; and upon the Incouragement of this Command, or Invitation and Promise couched in it, I resolved I would do so, and do so at this time. But this Verse is a little otherwise rendred by divers learned Men. And the words lye in another Order, in the Hebrew Text, which runs thus: To thee my Heart said, Thou hast said, (Which Verb may well be understood here, as it is also, 1 Kings 20. 34. and as divers other Verbs are understood in the sacred Text, as Levit. 24. 8. 2 Sam. 18. 12. and 23. 17. Compare with 1 Chron. 11. 19. and in many other places: which is not strange in so Conci[illegible: 1+ letters]e and short a Language, as the Hebrew is) Seek ye my Face, (This is thy great Command, so oft and so Vehemently urged, as containing the very Substance and Foundation of all true Piety) Thy face Lord I will seek. I cheerfully do, and will Obey thy Command therein: Or the Verse may be thus translated without any Supplement, which, where it can be done, is Confessedly the best way of Translation, Concerning thee (as the Particle Lamed is oft used: Or, For; or, Instead of thee, as it is unquestionably used, Gen. 11. 3. Exod. 13. 16. Prov. 21. 18. (i. e.) In thy Name and Words, and according to thy Mind) My Heart said, (To wit, [illegible: 1+ letters]o, or within my self, as the Word said, is frequently taken, (i. e.) I seriously consider within my self, this following Command of thine oft Inculcated in thy Word, and press it upon my own Conscience) Seek ye my Face; Thy Face Lord will I seek. Thou commandest it, and I will Obey thee therein.

Marginal references: Or, my Heart [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word] my Face, [illegible: 1 word]