Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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