When you said, Seek my face; my heart said unto you, your face, LORD, will I seek.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
8. "My heart hath said to Thee, I have sought Thy countenance" (ver. 8). For I have not exhibited myself to men; but in secret, where Thou alone hearest, my heart hath said to Thee; I have not sought from Thee aught without Thee as a reward, but Thy countenance. "Thy countenance, O Lord, will I seek." In thus search will I perseveringly persist: for not aught that is common, but Thy countenance, O Lord, will I seek, that I may love Thee freely, since nothing more precious do I find.
Face hath. Hebrew pointed, "faces seek ye. "But Septuagint, St. Jerome, Chaldean, take no notice of these points; and even Protestants' marginal note has, "My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face "(Berthier) though in the text they derange the words, and add, "When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart said "(Haydock)
Seek. "I have sought for no reward besides thee. "(St. Augustine)
I have earnestly desired to see thee face to face, 1 Corinthians xiii. 12. (Worthington)
