1013 verses about Seeking

When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BET

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

This is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.

Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.

You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.