1 Kings 8:52

52 [O,] that your eyes [may] be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, to listen to them in all things [when] they call to you.

1 Kings 8:52 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:52

That thine eyes may be open to the supplication of thy
servant
That is, attentive to it, meaning himself and his present supplication; or any other he should hereafter put up in this place:

and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in
all that they call unto thee:
at any time, and upon any account; so far as may be agreeable to his will, make for his glory, and their good; see ( Deuteronomy 4:7 ) .

1 Kings 8:52 In-Context

50 You shall forgive your people who sinned against you, [even] for all their transgressions which they committed against you. You shall give them compassion before their captors so that they may have compassion on them,

51 for they [are] your people and your inheritance whom you brought from Egypt from the middle of the smelter of iron.

52 [O,] that your eyes [may] be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, to listen to them in all things [when] they call to you.

53 For you have separated them for yourself as an inheritance from all the peoples of the earth, as you promised through the hand of Moses your servant when you brought out our ancestors from Egypt, my Lord Yahweh!"

54 It happened that when Solomon finished praying to Yahweh all of the prayer and this plea, he got up from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling down on his knees with his palms outstretched to heaven.