Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You:
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
- KJV Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
- BSB Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
- NASB Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;
- NLT Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you.
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Quick answer
Solomon asked God to give attention to the prayer and pleading of his servant. He sought assurance that God would hear his cry.
Overview
Solomon humbly asked the Lord to regard his prayer and supplication. As mediator for the nation, he depended on God's willingness to listen. This confidence that God hears the prayers of his servants is affirmed throughout Scripture and secured for believers through Christ, who gives us access to the Father.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Kgs 8:28Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you today;
- Ps 20:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
- Ps 74:20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
- Dan 9:17–19Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Ps 130:2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- John 17:20Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
- Luke 18:1–7He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
- Ps 5:1–2For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
- Ps 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
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