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The Psalm of the Cross

Psalms 22:26

In 11 translations

BSB
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
KJV
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
WEB
The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
ASV
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
LSV
The humble eat and are satisfied, || Those seeking Him praise YHWH, || Your heart lives forever.
YLT
The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.
DBY
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
DRC21:27
The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
GNV
The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
JPS22:27
Let the humble eat and be satisfied; let them praise the LORD that seek after Him; may your heart be quickened for ever!
LXXE21:27
The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:27
יֹאכְל֬וּ עֲנָוִ֨ים ׀ וְיִשְׂבָּ֗עוּ יְהַֽלְל֣וּ יְ֭הוָה דֹּ֣רְשָׁ֑יו יְחִ֖י לְבַבְכֶ֣ם לָעַֽד׃KJV:Ps.22.26
LXX-Br21:27
Φάγονται πένητες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσονται, καὶ αἰνέσουσι Κύριον οἱ ἐκζητοῦντες αὐτὸν, ζήσονται αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 69:32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
  • Psalms 40:16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
  • Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
  • Psalms 105:3–4Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
  • Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
  • Psalms 107:9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
  • John 6:48–58I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from…
  • John 4:14But 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.”
  • Leviticus 7:11–17Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil,…

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  • 22:27 in some Bibles
  • 22:26 in most Bibles

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