1 Kings 8:59

And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need.

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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:

In Context

58Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

60So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:1A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.

Isaiah 27:3I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.

Luke 11:3Give us every day bread for our needs.

John 17:20My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:55-62

Solomon Blesses and Exhorts the People. ( b. c. 1003.) 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord , he arose from before the altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lord , that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good… Read the whole commentary →

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