1 Reyes 8:39

39 oye entonces desde el cielo donde vives y perdona. Haz con tu pueblo según merecen sus acciones, porque solo tú conoces el corazón de cada ser humano.

1 Reyes 8:39 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:39

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace
Which was more properly so than this Solomon had built, and the Lord had taken possession of:

and forgive;
remove the calamity and distress, be it what it may:

and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart
thou knowest:
that his prayer is cordial and sincere, his confession and repentance genuine, and that he is truly sensible of his sin, and sorry for it, and is pure in his intentions and resolutions, through divine grace, to depart from it for the future:

(for thou, [even] thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of
men;)
he knows all men, the hearts of them all, what is in them, what comes out of them, and is according to them; omniscience belongs only to God; it is his prerogative to know the heart and search the reins, see ( Jeremiah 17:9 Jeremiah 17:10 ) .

1 Reyes 8:39 In-Context

37 »Si hay hambre en la tierra, o pestes, o plagas en los cultivos, o ataques de langostas u orugas, o si los enemigos de tu pueblo invaden el territorio y sitian las ciudades —cualquiera sea el desastre o la enfermedad que ocurra—;

38 si luego tu pueblo Israel ora por sus dificultades con las manos levantadas hacia este templo,

39 oye entonces desde el cielo donde vives y perdona. Haz con tu pueblo según merecen sus acciones, porque solo tú conoces el corazón de cada ser humano.

40 Entonces ellos te temerán mientras vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros antepasados.

41 »En el futuro, los extranjeros que no pertenezcan a tu pueblo Israel oirán de ti. Vendrán de tierras lejanas a causa de tu nombre,