I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,‘ Seek me in vain.’ I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

我没有在隐密黑暗之地说话；我没有对雅各的后裔说：你们寻求我是徒然的。我耶和华所讲的是公义，所说的是正直。”

我不在隐密黑暗之地说话，也没有对雅各的后裔说，‘你们寻求我是徒然的’，我—耶和华所讲的是公义，所说的是正直。”

我不在隐密黑暗之地说话，也没有对雅各的后裔说，‘你们寻求我是徒然的’，我—耶和华所讲的是公义，所说的是正直。”

我没有在隐秘处暗暗地说话，我没有对雅各的后裔说，‘你们找不到我。’我耶和华宣扬真理，传讲正义。

我没有在隐密处、在黑暗之地说过话；我没有对雅各的后裔说过：‘你们寻求我是徒然的。’我耶和华讲说公义，宣扬正直。

我没有在隐秘处、没有在黑暗之地说话，也没有对雅各的后裔说：‘你们在空虚中寻找我吧！’我耶和华讲说公义，宣告正直。

我沒有在隱密黑暗之地說話；我沒有對雅各的後裔說：你們尋求我是徒然的。我－耶和華所講的是公義，所說的是正直。

我不在隱密黑暗之地說話，也沒有對雅各的後裔說，『你們尋求我是徒然的』，我－耶和華所講的是公義，所說的是正直。」

我不在隱密黑暗之地說話，也沒有對雅各的後裔說，『你們尋求我是徒然的』，我－耶和華所講的是公義，所說的是正直。」

我沒有在隱秘處暗暗地說話，我沒有對雅各的後裔說，『你們找不到我。』我耶和華宣揚真理，傳講正義。

我沒有在隱密處、在黑暗之地說過話；我沒有對雅各的後裔說過：‘你們尋求我是徒然的。’我耶和華講說公義，宣揚正直。

我不是在隱密處、在黑暗之地的所在說話的；我並不是對雅各的後裔說：「你們要空空虛虛以尋求我」呀；我永恆主是講義理，是宣揚正直的。

我沒有在隱祕處、沒有在黑暗之地說話，也沒有對雅各的後裔說：『你們在空虛中尋找我吧！』我耶和華講說公義，宣告正直。

我未嘗言於隱密幽暗之處、未嘗謂雅各子孫曰、爾尋求我、乃徒然也、我耶和華言公義、宣中正、

凡我有命、不秘藏於幽密、我豈使雅各子孫、徒然求予哉、我耶和華出言仁義、真實無妄。

我宣命、未嘗在隱秘處、在幽暗地、未曾謂雅各裔曰、爾求我徒然、我乃主、所言者乃仁義、所告者乃誠實、

I have not spoken in secret. I have not spoken from a dark place. I have not said to Jacob’s people,‘ It is useless to look for me.’ I am the Lord. I always speak the truth. I always say what is right.

I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,‘ Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.

I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true and declare only what is right.

I have not spoken in secret, somewhere in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob: Seek me in a wasteland. I am the LORD, who speaks righteously, who declares what is right.

I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,‘ Seek Me in a wasteland’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are right.

I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob,‘ Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

I have not spoken in secret, somewhere in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob: Seek Me in a wasteland. I, Yahweh, speak truthfully; I say what is right.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘ Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob,‘ Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

“ Come near me and listen to this:“ From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.

This is what the Lord says to Israel:“ Seek me and live;

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.I will be found by you,” declares the Lord,“ and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord,“ and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,“ Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!

Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

“ You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord.“ Yet you ask,‘ What have we said against you?’“ You have said,‘ It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous.They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.

“ Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

“ I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied.“ I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:“ To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask,“ Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask,“ Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength?“ It is I, proclaiming victory, mighty to save.”

He went out to meet Asa and said to him,“ Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.

I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king,“ The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”

The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

“ So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.Utterly amazed, they asked:“ Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?

on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:

“ Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.‘ Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘ and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’“ Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.

You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right.The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.

But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“ Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

“‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say,“ It is true.”“ You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,“ and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.