Mazmur 104:21

104:21 The lions roar for prey,

seeking their food from God. ¹ 

Mazmur 105:4

105:4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!

Seek his presence continually!

Mazmur 119:45

119:45 I will be secure, ² 

for I seek your precepts.

[104:21]  ¹ sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God.

[119:45]  ² tn Heb “and I will walk about in a wide place.” The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive gives a further consequence of the anticipated positive divine response (see vv. 43-44). Another option is to take the cohortative as expressing the psalmist’s request. In this case one could translate, “and please give me security.”