Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked of the Lord; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and seek Him in His temple.
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; 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 enquire in his temple.
Note the beauty: or, the delight
One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, to see the Lord’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- One
- Psalm 26:8; Luke 10:42; Philippians 3:13
- seek
- Psalm 27:8; Jeremiah 29:13; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:7, 8; Luke 11:9, 10; Luke 13:24; Luke 18:1; Hebrews 11:6
- dwell
- Psalm 23:6; Psalm 26:6; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 84:4, 10; 1 Samuel 1:11; Luke 2:37; 1 Timothy 5:5
- behold
- Psalm 50:2; Psalm 63:2; Psalm 90:17; Zechariah 9:9; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6
- beauty
- or, delight.
- Psalm 63:2–5
- enquire
- 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Chronicles 10:13, 14