Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- BSB Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- NKJV Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place.
- NASB “Now, my God, please, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- NLT “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.
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Quick answer
Solomon asked God to keep his eyes open and ears attentive to prayer made in this place. He summed up his plea for God's continual attention to prayer.
Overview
Solomon closed his petitions by asking God to remain watchful and attentive to the prayers offered at the temple. This expressed enduring confidence in God's willingness to hear his people. The assurance that God attends to our prayers is grounded for believers in Christ, through whom we have constant access to the Father.
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Cross-references · 15
- Ps 116:2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
- 2 Chr 7:15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- Neh 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Ps 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- Neh 1:11O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
- Isa 37:17Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
- Ps 31:2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
- 2 Chr 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- Ps 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- Dan 9:16–19O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Ps 13:3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Ps 88:1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
- Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- Ps 22:1–2My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
- 1 Kgs 8:52That 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.
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