1 Kings 8:49

49 may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:49 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:49

Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in
heaven thy dwellingplace
For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them.

1 Kings 8:49 In-Context

47 and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition You in their captors' land: "We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,"
48 and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of their land that You gave their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,
49 may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.
50 May You forgive Your people who sinned against You and all their rebellions against You, and may You give them compassion in the eyes of their captors, so that they may be compassionate to them.
51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.
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