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When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Thy likeness when I awake. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness; I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am innocent, LORD, and I will see your face! When I awake, all I want is to see you as you are. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will see your face when I am declared innocent. When I wake up, I will be satisfied [with seeing] you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But I will see you, because I have done no wrong; and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I—in righteousness, "" I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I in justice shall see thy face: I shall be satisfied in awaking with thine appearance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 16:15>But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when thy worship is revived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But I shall see your face in righteousness and I shall be satisfied when your faith is awakened. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/17-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1470" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/17.htm">Hear My Righteous Plea</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">As for me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2372.htm" title="2372: ’e·ḥĕ·zeh (V-Qal-Imperf.h-1cs) -- See, behold. A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate; specifically, to have a vision of.">I will behold</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Your face</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: bə·ṣe·ḏeq (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">in righteousness;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: ḇə·hā·qîṣ (Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">when I awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: ’eś·bə·‘āh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">I will be satisfied</a> <a href="/hebrew/8544.htm" title="8544: tə·mū·nā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Likeness, form. Or tmunah; from miyn; something portioned out, as a shape, i.e. phantom, or embodiment, or manifestation.">in Your presence.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a></span><br />Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></span><br />Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a></span><br />Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a></span><br />They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a></span><br />who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-49.htm">1 Corinthians 15:49</a></span><br />And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-2</a></span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a></span><br />When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a></span><br />For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26-27</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26-27</a></span><br />Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-8.htm">Numbers 12:8</a></span><br />I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-24.htm">Psalm 73:24-25</a></span><br />You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory. / Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.</p><p class="hdg">As</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/5-7.htm">Psalm 5:7</a></b></br> But as for me, I will come <i>into</i> thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: <i>and</i> in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a></b></br> And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that <i>were</i> on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-6.htm">Psalm 4:6</a></b></br> <i>There be</i> many that say, Who will shew us <i>any</i> good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-111.htm">Psalm 119:111</a></b></br> Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they <i>are</i> the rejoicing of my heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26,27</a></b></br> And <i>though</i> after my skin <i>worms</i> destroy this <i>body</i>, yet in my flesh shall I see God: … </p><p class="hdg">I shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a></b></br> Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence <i>is</i> fulness of joy; at thy right hand <i>there are</i> pleasures for evermore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Psalm 36:8,9</a></b></br> They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Psalm 65:4</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is the man whom</i> thou choosest, and causest to approach <i>unto thee, that</i> he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, <i>even</i> of thy holy temple.</p><p class="hdg">I awake</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm">Psalm 49:14</a></b></br> Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12</a></b></br> So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens <i>be</i> no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></b></br> Thy dead <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.</p><p class="hdg">with</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26,27</a></b></br> And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a></b></br> Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2,3</a></b></br> Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-25.htm">Awaking</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Beholding</a> <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/17-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/17-9.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/31-15.htm">Form</a> <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Likeness</a> <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/15-2.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/job/42-8.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/psalms/13-6.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/35-23.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Awaking</a> <a href="/psalms/63-2.htm">Beholding</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/21-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Form</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/19-5.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Likeness</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/18-20.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/22-26.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/17-1.htm">David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defense of God against his enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">He shows their pride, craft, and eagerness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">He prays against them in confidence of his hope</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness;</b><br>This phrase reflects a personal declaration of faith and hope. The psalmist, traditionally understood to be David, contrasts his own trust in God with the wickedness of his adversaries. The desire to "behold Your face" signifies a deep longing for communion with God, which is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms (e.g., <a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4, 42</a>:2). In biblical times, seeing God's face was synonymous with experiencing His favor and presence (<a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>). The mention of "righteousness" indicates that this vision of God is not based on human merit but on a right standing with God, which is a gift from God Himself. This anticipates New Testament teachings on righteousness through faith (<a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Romans 3:22</a>).<p><b>when I awake,</b><br>The phrase "when I awake" can be interpreted both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it may refer to waking from sleep, suggesting a daily renewal of faith and hope in God's presence. Metaphorically, it can be seen as an allusion to resurrection or the afterlife, where the believer anticipates a fuller realization of God's presence. This aligns with <a href="/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26</a>, where Job expresses hope in seeing God after his death. The concept of awakening to a new, eternal life is further developed in the New Testament (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-52</a>).<p><b>I will be satisfied in Your presence.</b><br>Satisfaction in God's presence implies a deep, spiritual fulfillment that transcends earthly desires and needs. This satisfaction is a recurring biblical theme, where true contentment is found not in material wealth or human achievement but in a relationship with God (<a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11, 63</a>:5). The psalmist's confidence in being satisfied reflects a trust in God's provision and faithfulness. This ultimate satisfaction is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are promised eternal joy and fulfillment in God's presence (<a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3-4</a>). The phrase also points to the eschatological hope of dwelling with God, a promise fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who reconciles humanity to God (<a href="/john/14-3.htm">John 14:3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of this Psalm, David is expressing his deep desire for a righteous relationship with God and the ultimate satisfaction found in His presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is the one whose face David longs to behold, representing a close and intimate relationship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/righteousness.htm">Righteousness</a></b><br>This is the state of being morally right or justifiable, which David seeks as a means to behold God's face.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/awakening.htm">Awakening</a></b><br>This can be interpreted as both a literal awakening from sleep and a metaphorical awakening to eternal life or spiritual enlightenment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/presence_of_god.htm">Presence of God</a></b><br>The ultimate satisfaction and fulfillment that David anticipates, which is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/pursuit_of_righteousness.htm">Pursuit of Righteousness</a></b><br>David's desire to behold God's face in righteousness challenges us to pursue a life that aligns with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>The anticipation of awakening to God's presence encourages believers to maintain an eternal perspective, valuing spiritual fulfillment over temporal satisfaction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intimacy_with_god.htm">Intimacy with God</a></b><br>The longing to be satisfied with God's presence highlights the importance of cultivating a deep, personal relationship with Him through prayer and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a></b><br>The concept of awakening can be seen as a foreshadowing of the resurrection, offering hope and assurance of eternal life with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god_alone.htm">Contentment in God Alone</a></b><br>David's satisfaction in God's presence serves as a reminder that true contentment is found not in earthly possessions or achievements, but in God alone.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_psalm_17_15_and_exodus_33_20_align.htm">If Psalm 17:15 suggests seeing God’s face, how does that reconcile with passages stating no one can see God and live (Exodus 33:20)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacrifices_compare_in_psalms.htm">Psalm 4:5: How do sacrifices of righteousness compare to other biblical texts that claim God does not desire sacrifice (e.g., Psalm 51:16), creating potential inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_eliakim_a_papal_type.htm">What does 'kingdom of God' mean in Luke 17:20?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_marks_the_triumphal_entry.htm">Why did Jesus prioritize sinners over the righteous?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">I</span>--emphatic. The satisfaction of worldly men is in their wealth and family honours, that of the poet in the sun of God's presence and the vision of His righteousness. (Comp. Note, <a href="/psalms/11-7.htm" title="For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.">Psalm 11:7</a>.)<p>Instead of "likeness," render <span class= "ital">image, </span>or <span class= "ital">appearance. </span>But what does the poet mean by the hope of seeking God when he wakes? Some think of rising to peace after a perplexing trouble; others of health after suffering; others of the sunlight of the Divine grace breaking on the soul. But the literal reference to night in <a href="/psalms/17-3.htm" title="You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.">Psalm 17:3</a> seems to ask for the same reference here. Instead of waking to a worldling's hope of a day of feasting and pleasure, the psalmist wakes to the higher and nobler thought that God--who in sleep (so like death, when nothing is visible), has been, as it were, absent--is now again, when he sees once more (LXX.), found at his right hand (comp. end of Psalms 16), a conscious presence to him, assuring him of justice and protection. But as in Psalms 16, so here, we feel that in spite of his subjection to the common notions about death the psalmist may have felt the stirrings of a better hope. Such "cries from the dark," even if they do not prove the possession of a belief in immortality, show how the human heart was already groping its way, however blindly, towards it.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "As for me, I do not envy the wicked man's prosperity. I set against it the blessedness of which I am quite sure. I in my righteousness shall behold the face of God, have the light of his countenance shine upon me, and thus be raised to a condition of perfect happiness." <span class="cmt_word">Moreover, I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness</span>. David had already spoken of death as a "sleep" (<a href="/psalms/13-3.htm">Psalm 13:3</a>). Now he speaks of "awaking." What awaking can this be but an awaking from the sleep of death? When he so awakes, he says, he will he "satisfied with God's <span class="accented">likeness."</span> The word used is the same as that employed in <a href="/numbers/12-8.htm">Numbers 12:8</a>, of the manifestation of the Divine glory to Moses - viz. <span class="accented">temunah.</span> David therefore expects to see, on awaking, a similar manifestation, he will have the enjoyment of the "beatific vision," if not in the Christian sense, at any rate in a true and real sense, and one that will wholly "satisfy" him. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/17-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As for me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will behold</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחֱזֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥĕ·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2372.htm">Strong's 2372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your face</span><br /><span class="heb">פָנֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in righteousness;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭צֶדֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣe·ḏeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right, equity, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I awake,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·hā·qîṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will be satisfied</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’eś·bə·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with Your presence.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·mū·nā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8544.htm">Strong's 8544: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 17:15 As for me I shall see your (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 17:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 17:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 18:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>