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This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.
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A Generation of Seekers
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain that this verse defines God's true people not by their ancestry or religious rituals, but by their inner character. To be part of this "generation" is to be one who earnestly "seeks" God's face and favor. As Matthew Henry notes, this is "heart-work," a zealous pursuit of holiness that distinguishes a true believer from a merely religious one.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This is the generation of those who seek him - This describes the race of those who seek Him; or, this is their character. The word…
19th Century
Anglican
O Jacob. —The address to Jacob is certainly wrong, and therefore many critics, following the Septuagint and Syriac, rightly insert…
Baptist
It is a wonderful thing that Jesus Christ should take his people's name but he does. He gives his Church his own name in that remarkable passage in…
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16th Century
Protestant
This is the generation. I have just now observed that by the demonstrative pronoun this, the Psalmist erases from the catalogue o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This [is] the generation of them that seek him The persons above described are such, who in every age are the genera…
We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those children of men who do not know him, nor acknowledge their relation to him…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having described tribulations and divine help, the psalmist here commends the power of his helper.
There is no new title in the He…
