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You have kept your promise to my father David, your servant. With your mouth you promised it. With your hand you carried it out as it is today.
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"Now, LORD God of Israel, keep your promise to my father David, your servant. You said, 'You will never fail to have an heir sitting in front of me on the throne of Israel if your descendants are faithful to me as you have been faithful to me.'
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"So now, LORD God of Israel, may the promise you made to David, your servant, come true.
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"Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
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Nevertheless, my LORD God, please pay attention to my prayer for mercy. Listen to my cry for help as I pray to you.