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1. Then Solomon spoke, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
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1. Then H227 said H559 Solomon H8010 , The LORD H3068 hath said H559 that he would dwell H7931 in the thick darkness H6205 .
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2. And I have surely built an exalted house for You, and a place for You to dwell forever.
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2. But I H589 have built H1129 a house H1004 of habitation H2073 for thee , and a place H4349 for thy dwelling H3427 forever H5769 .
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3. And the king turned his face and blessed all the congregation of Israel. And all the congregation of Israel was standing.
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3. And the king H4428 turned H5437 H853 his face H6440 , and blessed H1288 H853 the whole H3605 congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 : and all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 stood H5975 .
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4. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who has spoken with His mouth to my father David, and with His hands has fulfilled it, saying,
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4. And he said H559 , Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , who hath with his hands H3027 fulfilled H4390 that which H834 he spoke H1696 with his mouth H6310 to H854 my father H1 David H1732 , saying H559 ,
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5. From the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, and I have not chosen a man to be leader over My people Israel.
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5. Since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 I brought forth H3318 H853 my people H5971 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 I chose H977 no H3808 city H5892 among all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to build H1129 a house H1004 in , that my name H8034 might be H1961 there H8033 ; neither H3808 chose H977 I any man H376 to be H1961 a ruler H5057 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 :
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6. But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.
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6. But I have chosen H977 Jerusalem H3389 , that my name H8034 might be H1961 there H8033 ; and have chosen H977 David H1732 to be H1961 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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7. And it was in the heart of my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
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7. Now it was H1961 in H5973 the heart H3824 of David H1732 my father H1 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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8. And Jehovah said to my father David, Because it has been in your heart to build a house for My name, you have done well that it has been in your heart.
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8. But the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 David H1732 my father H1 , Forasmuch H3588 H834 as it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 to build H1129 a house H1004 for my name H8034 , thou didst well H2895 in that H3588 it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 :
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9. But you shall not build the house, for your son who comes forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.
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9. Notwithstanding H7535 thou H859 shalt not H3808 build H1129 the house H1004 ; but H3588 thy son H1121 which shall come forth H3318 out of H4480 thy loins H2504 , he H1931 shall build H1129 the house H1004 for my name H8034 .
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10. And Jehovah has lifted up His Word that He spoke, for I have risen up in the place of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spoke. And I have built the house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
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10. The LORD H3068 therefore hath performed H6965 H853 his word H1697 that H834 he hath spoken H1696 : for I am risen up H6965 in the room H8478 of David H1732 my father H1 , and am set H3427 on H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 , as H834 the LORD H3068 promised H1696 , and have built H1129 the house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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11. And I have placed the ark there, where the covenant of Jehovah is, that He made with the sons of Israel.
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11. And in it H8033 have I put H7760 H853 the ark H727 , wherein H834 H8033 is the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 , that H834 he made H3772 with H5973 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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12. And he stood before the altar of Jehovah, before the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands.
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12. And he stood H5975 before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 in the presence of H5048 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 :
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13. Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, and put it in the middle of the court, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high; and he stood on it, and knelt on his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward Heaven.
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13. For H3588 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 a brazen H5178 scaffold H3595 , of five H2568 cubits H520 long H753 , and five H2568 cubits H520 broad H7341 , and three H7969 cubits H520 high H6967 , and had set H5414 it in the midst H8432 of the court H5835 : and upon H5921 it he stood H5975 , and kneeled down H1288 upon H5921 his knees H1290 before H5048 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 toward heaven H8064 ,
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14. And said, O Jehovah, God of Israel, there is no God like You in the heavens and in the earth, keeping covenant and mercy with Your servants, who walk before You with all their hearts;
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14. And said H559 , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , there is no H369 God H430 like thee H3644 in the heaven H8064 , nor in the earth H776 ; which keepest H8104 covenant H1285 , and showest mercy H2617 unto thy servants H5650 , that walk H1980 before H6440 thee with all H3605 their hearts H3820 :
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15. who has kept with Your servant David, my father, that which You spoke to him; yea, You spoke with Your mouth, and You have fulfilled with Your hand, as at this day.
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15. Thou which H834 hast kept H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that which H834 thou hast promised H1696 him ; and spakest H1696 with thy mouth H6310 , and hast fulfilled H4390 it with thine hand H3027 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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16. And now, O Jehovah the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You spoke to him, saying, There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel. Only, if your sons watch their way to walk in My Law, as you have walked before Me.
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16. Now H6258 therefore , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , keep H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that which H834 thou hast promised H1696 him, saying H559 , There shall not H3808 fail H3772 thee a man H376 in my sight H4480 H6440 to sit H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 ; yet so H7535 that thy children H1121 take heed H8104 H853 to their way H1870 to walk H1980 in my law H8451 , as H834 thou hast walked H1980 before H6440 me.
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17. And now, O Jehovah the God of Israel, let Your Word be verified, which you spoke to Your servant David.
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17. Now H6258 then , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , let thy word H1697 be verified H539 , which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 unto thy servant H5650 David H1732 .
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18. For is it true that God shall dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the Heaven of heavens, do not contain You. How much less this house that I have built!
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18. But H3588 will God H430 in very deed H552 dwell H3427 with H854 men H120 on H5921 the earth H776 ? behold H2009 , heaven H8064 and the heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 thee ; how much less H637 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 !
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19. And You have turned toward the prayer of Your servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that Your servant is praying before You;
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19. Have respect H6437 therefore to H413 the prayer H8605 of thy servant H5650 , and to H413 his supplication H8467 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , to hearken H8085 unto H413 the cry H7440 and the prayer H8605 which H834 thy servant H5650 prayeth H6419 before H6440 thee:
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20. for Your eyes shall be open toward this house by day and by night, toward the place that You have said to put Your name there, to listen to the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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20. That thine eyes H5869 may be H1961 open H6605 upon H413 this H2088 house H1004 day H3119 and night H3915 , upon H413 the place H4725 whereof H834 thou hast said H559 that thou wouldest put H7760 thy name H8034 there H8033 ; to hearken H8085 unto H413 the prayer H8605 which H834 thy servant H5650 prayeth H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 .
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21. And You shall listen to the supplications of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, that they pray toward this place; and You shall hear from Your place of dwelling, from Heaven, and shall hear and forgive.
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21. Hearken H8085 therefore unto H413 the supplications H8469 of thy servant H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , which H834 they shall make H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 : hear H8085 thou H859 from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4725 , even from H4480 heaven H8064 ; and when thou hearest H8085 , forgive H5545 .
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22. If a man shall sin against his neighbor, and he shall lift up an oath on him, to cause him to swear, and he shall come and swear before Your altar in this house,
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22. If H518 a man H376 sin H2398 against his neighbor H7453 , and an oath H423 be laid H5375 upon him to make him swear H422 , and the oath H423 come H935 before H6440 thine altar H4196 in this H2088 house H1004 ;
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23. You shall hear from Heaven, and shall act, and shall judge Your servants, to repay the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and to justify the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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23. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 heaven H8064 , and do H6213 , and judge H8199 H853 thy servants H5650 , by requiting H7725 the wicked H7563 , by recompensing H5414 his way H1870 upon his own head H7218 ; and by justifying H6663 the righteous H6662 , by giving H5414 him according to his righteousness H6666 .
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24. And if Your people Israel shall be stricken before an enemy, because they have sinned against You; and they shall return and confess Your name, and shall pray and make supplication before You in this house,
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24. And if H518 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 be put to the worse H5062 before H6440 the enemy H341 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee ; and shall return H7725 and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and pray H6419 and make supplication H2603 before H6440 thee in this H2088 house H1004 ;
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25. then You shall hear from Heaven, and shall forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and shall cause them to return to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.
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25. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 the heavens H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , and bring them again H7725 unto H413 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 to them and to their fathers H1 .
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26. When the heavens shall be shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they shall pray toward this place, and confess Your name, turning back from their sin because You have afflicted them,
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26. When the heaven H8064 is shut up H6113 , and there is H1961 no H3808 rain H4306 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee; yet if they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 , and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and turn H7725 from their sin H4480 H2403 , when H3588 thou dost afflict H6031 them;
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27. then You shall hear from Heaven, and shall forgive the sin of Your servants, and of Your people Israel, because You have taught them the good way in which they should walk, and have given rain on Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
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27. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from heaven H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy servants H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , when H3588 thou hast taught H3384 them the good H2896 way H1870 , wherein H834 they should walk H1980 ; and send H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 thy land H776 , which H834 thou hast given H5414 unto thy people H5971 for an inheritance H5159 .
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28. When there shall be famine in the land, when there is pestilence, blasting, or mildew; when there are locusts or ravagers when its enemies have distressed it in the land, in its gates, with any plague and any sickness;
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28. If H3588 there be H1961 dearth H7458 in the land H776 , if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence H1698 , if H3588 there be H1961 blasting H7711 , or mildew H3420 , locusts H697 , or caterpillars H2625 ; if H3588 their enemies H341 besiege H6887 them in the cities H8179 of their land H776 ; whatsoever H3605 sore H5061 or whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be :
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29. whatever supplication, whatever prayer shall be made for any man, and for all Your people Israel, when they know each one his own plague, and his own grief, and he shall spread out his hands toward this house;
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29. Then what H3605 prayer H8605 or what H3605 supplication H8467 soever H834 shall be made H1961 of any H3605 man H120 , or of all H3605 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , when H834 every one H376 shall know H3045 his own sore H5061 and his own grief H4341 , and shall spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 in H413 this H2088 house H1004 :
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30. then You shall hear from Heaven, Your dwelling place, and shall forgive, and shall give to each according to all his ways, because You know his heart; for You, You only, have known the heart of the sons of men;
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30. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4349 , and forgive H5545 , and render H5414 unto every man H376 according unto all H3605 his ways H1870 , H853 whose heart H3824 thou knowest H3045 ; ( for H3588 thou H859 only H905 knowest H3045 H853 the hearts H3824 of the children H1121 of men H120 :)
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31. so that they shall fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days that they shall live on the face of the land that You have given to our fathers.
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31. That H4616 they may fear H3372 thee , to walk H1980 in thy ways H1870 , so long H3605 H3117 as H834 they H1992 live H2416 in H5921 H6440 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto our fathers H1 .
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32. And, also, to the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, and he has come from a distant land for Your great name's sake, and Your mighty hand, and Your stretched out arm; and they shall come and pray toward this house,
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32. Moreover H1571 concerning H413 the stranger H5237 , which H834 is not H3808 of thy people H4480 H5971 Israel H3478 , but is come H935 from a far H7350 country H4480 H776 for thy great name's sake H4616 H1419 H8034 , and thy mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and thy stretched out H5186 arm H2220 ; if they come H935 and pray H6419 in H413 this H2088 house H1004 ;
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33. then You shall hear from Heaven, from Your dwelling place, and shall do according to all that the stranger calls to You; so that all the people of the earth shall know Your name, so as to fear You, as Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called on this house that I have built.
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33. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 the heavens H8064 , even from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4349 , and do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 the stranger H5237 calleth H7121 to H413 thee for; that H4616 all H3605 people H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 H853 thy name H8034 , and fear H3372 thee , as doth thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , and may know H3045 that H3588 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 is called H7121 by thy name H8034 .
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34. When Your people shall go out to battle against its enemies in the way that You shall send them, and they shall pray to You toward this city that You have chosen, and the house that I have built for Your name;
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34. If H3588 thy people H5971 go out H3318 to war H4421 against H5921 their enemies H341 by the way H1870 that H834 thou shalt send H7971 them , and they pray H6419 unto H413 thee toward H1870 this H2063 city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 ;
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35. then You shall hear from Heaven their prayer and their supplication, and shall maintain their cause.
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35. Then hear H8085 thou from H4480 the heavens H8064 H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplication H8467 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 .
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36. When they sin against You (for there is not a man who does not sin) and You shall be angry with them and shall give them up before an enemy, and their captors shall take them captive, to a land distant or near;
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36. If H3588 they sin H2398 against thee, ( for H3588 there is no H369 man H120 which H834 sinneth H2398 not H3808 ,) and thou be angry H599 with them , and deliver H5414 them over before H6440 their enemies H341 , and they carry them away captives H7617 H7617 unto H413 a land H776 far off H7350 or H176 near H7138 ;
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37. and they shall return to their heart in the land from which they have been taken captive, and shall turn back and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have acted perversely and have done wickedly;
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37. Yet if they bethink themselves H7725 H413 H3824 in the land H776 whither H834 H8033 they are carried captive H7617 , and turn H7725 and pray H2603 unto H413 thee in the land H776 of their captivity H7628 , saying H559 , We have sinned H2398 , we have done amiss H5753 , and have dealt wickedly H7561 ;
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38. yea, they shall turn back to You with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and they shall pray toward their land that You have given to their fathers, and toward the city that You have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for Your name;
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38. If they return H7725 to H413 thee with all H3605 their heart H3820 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 in the land H776 of their captivity H7628 , whither H834 they have carried them captives H7617 H853 , and pray H6419 toward H1870 their land H776 , which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto their fathers H1 , and toward the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and toward the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 :
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39. then You shall hear from Heaven, from Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and shall maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
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39. Then hear H8085 thou from H4480 the heavens H8064 , even from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4349 , H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplications H8467 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 , and forgive H5545 thy people H5971 which H834 have sinned H2398 against thee.
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40. Now, My God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place;
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40. Now H6258 , my God H430 , let , I beseech thee H4994 , thine eyes H5869 be H1961 open H6605 , and let thine ears H241 be attent H7183 unto the prayer H8605 that is made in this H2088 place H4725 .
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41. and now, O Jehovah God, rise to Your rest; You, and the ark of Your strength; O Jehovah God, Your priests are clothed with salvation, and Your saints rejoice in goodness.
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41. Now H6258 therefore arise H6965 , O LORD H3068 God H430 , into thy resting place H5118 , thou H859 , and the ark H727 of thy strength H5797 : let thy priests H3548 , O LORD H3068 God H430 , be clothed H3847 with salvation H8668 , and let thy saints H2623 rejoice H8055 in goodness H2896 .
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42. O Jehovah God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember the good deeds of Your servant David.
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42. O LORD H3068 God H430 , turn not away H7725 H408 the face H6440 of thine anointed H4899 : remember H2142 the mercies H2617 of David H1732 thy servant H5650 .
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