Daniel 9:17

17 Ouve, nosso Deus, as orações e as súplicas do teu servo. Por amor de ti, Senhor, olha com bondade para^[a] o teu santuário abandonado.

Daniel 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 9:17

Now therefore, O our God
This being our miserable case, and the seventy years' captivity being at an end, and thou still our covenant God, whom we profess and worship: hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications;
which he had put up in an humble manner, consisting of various petitions for grace and mercy before expressed: and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate;
the temple; its walls demolished, its altars thrown down, and the whole in ruins; a melancholy scene! the Lord, suffering these things, seemed to frown upon it, and upon his people, that used to serve him there; wherefore it is entreated that he would smile upon it again, and upon them, and cause it to be rebuilt, and his worship restored in it: and this is asked for the Lord's sake:
that is, for Christ's sake, who is Lord of all, especially of his chosen people, by creation, redemption, and marriage, as well as by their own consent and profession; and for whose sake, and in whose name, all requests are to be made to God, he being the only Mediator between God and man; and for the sake of whose blood, righteousness, and mediation, all the blessings of goodness are given unto men; and who also was Lord and proprietor of the temple, and was to come into it, as well as was the antitype of it.

Daniel 9:17 In-Context

15 Ó Senhor nosso Deus, que tiraste o teu povo do Egito com mão poderosa e que fizeste para ti um nome que permanece até hoje, nós temos cometido pecado e somos culpados.

16 Agora, Senhor, conforme todos os teus feitos justos, afasta de Jerusalém, da tua cidade, do teu santo monte, a tua ira e a tua indignação. Os nossos pecados e as iniquidades de nossos antepassados fizeram de Jerusalém e do teu povo objeto de zombaria para todos os que nos rodeiam.

17 Ouve, nosso Deus, as orações e as súplicas do teu servo. Por amor de ti, Senhor, olha com bondade para o teu santuário abandonado.

18 Inclina os teus ouvidos, ó Deus, e ouve; abre os teus olhos e vê a desolação da cidade que leva o teu nome. Não te fazemos pedidos por sermos justos, mas por causa da tua grande misericórdia.

19 Senhor, ouve! Senhor, perdoa! Senhor, vê e age! Por amor de ti, meu Deus, não te demores, pois a tua cidade e o teu povo levam o teu nome.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebraico: "faze resplandecer o teu rosto sobre."