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1 Kings 8:45

PrayerJustice

43 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

44 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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BSB
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
KJV
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
WEB
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ASV
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
DARBY
then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
BLB
then may You hear in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ÅB
så vil du i himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.
OTB
da hør i himmelen deres bønn og deres bønn, og støtt deres sak.
B1930
så vil du i himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 9:4

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

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  • Genesis 18:25

    Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

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