Psalms 17:15 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 17:15

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

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ASV

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

KJV

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

As for me,.... I do not desire to be in their place and stead, with all their plenty and prosperity; I am content with my present condition and situation: for I will, or "shall" behold thy face in righteousness; that is, appear before God in public worship, where was the ark, the symbol of the face of God; enjoy his gracious presence, have the discoveries of his love, and see his face and favour; than which nothing was more desirable by him and delightful to him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some make him, in this, a type of Christ, who was perfectly innocent, and yet was hated and persecuted, but, like David, committed himself and his cause to him that judgeth righteously. Sincere and Importunate Prayer.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

With the prospect of that he concluded the foregoing psalm, and so this. That happiness is prepared and designed only for the righteous that are justified and sanctified. They shall be put in possession of it when they awake, when the soul awakes, at death, out of its slumber in the body, and when the body awakes, at the resurrection, out of its slumber in the grave.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"As for me." "I neither envy nor covet these men's happiness, but partly have and partly hope for a far better." To behold God's face and to be changed by that vision into his image, so as to partake in his righteousness, this is my noble ambition; and in the prospect of this I cheerfully waive all my present enjoyments. My satisfaction is to come; I do not look for it as yet.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲנִ֗י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
בְּ֭צֶדֶק	Be.tze.dek	in righteousness	H6664 →
אֶחֱזֶ֣ה	'e.che.Zeh	I will see	H2372 →
פָנֶ֑יךָ	fa.Nei.kha	face your	H6440 →
אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה	'es.be.'Ah	I will be satisfied	H7646 →
בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ	ve.ha.Kitz	when awake	H6974 →
תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃	te.mu.na.Te.kha	likeness your	H8544 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Psalms 107:9
  For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- John 6:27
  Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
- John 6:48–58
  I am the bread of life.
Through
Psalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
leads to
- Acts 2:28
  You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Through
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
  For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
- Ephesians 4:22–24
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Psalms