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1 Kings 8:52

Prayer

50 May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

53 For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

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BSB
May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
KJV
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
WEB
that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
ASV
that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.
DARBY
thine eyes being open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
BLB
that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.
ÅB
La da dine øyne være åpnet for din tjeners ydmyke begjæring og for ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæring, så du hører på dem, så ofte de roper til deg.
OTB
slik at Dine øyne kan være åpne for Din tjeners bønn og for Ditt folk Israels bønn, for å lytte til dem når de kaller til Deg.
B1930
La da dine øine være oplatt for din tjeners ydmyke begjæring og for ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæring, så du hører på dem, så ofte de roper til dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 145:18

    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

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  • 1 Kings 8:29

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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  • Psalms 86:5

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:40

    Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

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