Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! | 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. |
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. | You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. |
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But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. | But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. |
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.” | The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it? “I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” |
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. |
These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. | But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. |
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. | He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God. |
O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. | Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. |
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! | Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! | Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. |
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart. | Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. |
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. | Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. |
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. |
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. |
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. | God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. |
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. | With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. |
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” | For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. | Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. |
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. | Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. |
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! | Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! |