¹¹ Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

⁸ but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

¹⁶ that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

⁹ `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

⁶ Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

¹ A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou `art' my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

⁸ Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

⁹ Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes.

¹⁰ All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

²⁹ He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might.

³⁰ Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,

³¹ But those expecting Jehovah pass `to' power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

²² `Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

¹ I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

¹³ And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

² O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

⁶ and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

⁴ Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.

¹⁴ Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' with you, as ye said.

¹⁴ and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

²⁸ My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

¹⁰ They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

¹⁰ As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

⁵ He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶ This `is' a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.

⁷ Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

² and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah `is' with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;

⁹ and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

¹⁰ for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

¹¹ `And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

⁴ For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

¹¹ in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

³¹ but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

²⁹ Is it not thus? My word `is' as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer -- it breaketh in pieces a rock.

⁴ I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

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

¹⁰ Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

¹⁴ So `is' the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

⁴⁵ And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

² Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

⁷ `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

⁹ and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

⁴ And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

¹ To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

² Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

³ My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And `with' all my ways hast been acquainted.

¹⁰ for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'