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1 Kings 8:59

PrayerGod's faithfulness

57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.

58 May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

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BSB
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
KJV
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
WEB
Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires;
ASV
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
DARBY
And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;
BLB
And may these my words with which I have made supplication before the face of YHWH, be near unto YHWH our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, the word of a day in its day,
ÅB
Og måtte denne min bønn som jeg i ydmykhet har frembåret for Herrens åsyn, være nær Herren vår Gud dag og natt, så han hjelper sin tjener og sitt folk Israel til deres rett, etter som det trenges hver dag,
OTB
Og måtte disse mine ord, som jeg har bønnfalt for Herrens åsyn, være nær Herren vår Gud dag og natt, slik at Han kan støtte sin tjeners sak og sitt folk Israels sak, etter som hver dag krever,
B1930
Og måtte denne min bønn som jeg i ydmykhet har frembåret for Herrens åsyn, være nær Herren vår Gud dag og natt, så han hjelper sin tjener og sitt folk Israel til deres rett, efter som det trenges hver dag,

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