Psalms 27:8 (YLT)

Passage

To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

Nearby Context

Psalms 27:6 And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies--my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

Psalms 27:7 Hear, O Jehovah, my voice--I call, And favour me, and answer me.

Psalms 27:8 To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

Psalms 27:9 Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Psalms 27:10 When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thee", "said", "heart", "sought", "face", "jehovah", and "seek". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thee" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Hear O Jehovah my voice--I call And..." into verse 9's "Hide not Thy face from me Turn...", so "thee" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thee" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.