Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.
NIV
This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah[pause, and think of that]! [Ps. 42:1.]AMP
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
KJV
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
NIV
You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah[pause, and calmly think of that]! [Num. 20:3, 13, 24.]AMP
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
KJV
""I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.""
NIV
Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah[pause, and calmly think of that]! [Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32, 33; Gal. 3:16]AMP
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
KJV
When you rebuke and discipline people for their sins, you consume their wealth like a moth – surely everyone is but a breath.
NIV
When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah[pause, and think calmly of that]!
AMP
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
KJV