Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 27:8

"[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek." — Psalms 27:8 (ASV)

When you said. —The margin rightly rejects these words, and restores the order of the Hebrew; but the text of the Authorised Version really gives its meaning.

The thought seems borrowed from seeking admission to a royal personage to ask a favour.