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1. Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,
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1. Then H227 said H559 Solomon H8010 , The LORD H3068 hath said H559 that he would dwell H7931 in the thick darkness H6205 .
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2. and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.`
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2. But I H589 have built H1129 a house H1004 of habitation H2073 for thee , and a place H4349 for thy dwelling H3427 forever H5769 .
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3. And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
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3. And the king H4428 turned H5437 H853 his face H6440 , and blessed H1288 H853 the whole H3605 congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 : and all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 stood H5975 .
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4. and he saith, `Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled it, saying:
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4. And he said H559 , Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , who hath with his hands H3027 fulfilled H4390 that which H834 he spoke H1696 with his mouth H6310 to H854 my father H1 David H1732 , saying H559 ,
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5. `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
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5. Since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 I brought forth H3318 H853 my people H5971 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 I chose H977 no H3808 city H5892 among all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to build H1129 a house H1004 in , that my name H8034 might be H1961 there H8033 ; neither H3808 chose H977 I any man H376 to be H1961 a ruler H5057 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 :
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6. and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
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6. But I have chosen H977 Jerusalem H3389 , that my name H8034 might be H1961 there H8033 ; and have chosen H977 David H1732 to be H1961 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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7. `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,
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7. Now it was H1961 in H5973 the heart H3824 of David H1732 my father H1 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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8. and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,
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8. But the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 David H1732 my father H1 , Forasmuch H3588 H834 as it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 to build H1129 a house H1004 for my name H8034 , thou didst well H2895 in that H3588 it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 :
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9. but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
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9. Notwithstanding H7535 thou H859 shalt not H3808 build H1129 the house H1004 ; but H3588 thy son H1121 which shall come forth H3318 out of H4480 thy loins H2504 , he H1931 shall build H1129 the house H1004 for my name H8034 .
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10. `And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,
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10. The LORD H3068 therefore hath performed H6965 H853 his word H1697 that H834 he hath spoken H1696 : for I am risen up H6965 in the room H8478 of David H1732 my father H1 , and am set H3427 on H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 , as H834 the LORD H3068 promised H1696 , and have built H1129 the house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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11. and I place there the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.`
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11. And in it H8033 have I put H7760 H853 the ark H727 , wherein H834 H8033 is the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 , that H834 he made H3772 with H5973 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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12. And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --
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12. And he stood H5975 before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 in the presence of H5048 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 :
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13. for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --
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13. For H3588 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 a brazen H5178 scaffold H3595 , of five H2568 cubits H520 long H753 , and five H2568 cubits H520 broad H7341 , and three H7969 cubits H520 high H6967 , and had set H5414 it in the midst H8432 of the court H5835 : and upon H5921 it he stood H5975 , and kneeled down H1288 upon H5921 his knees H1290 before H5048 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 toward heaven H8064 ,
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14. and saith, `O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;
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14. And said H559 , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , there is no H369 God H430 like thee H3644 in the heaven H8064 , nor in the earth H776 ; which keepest H8104 covenant H1285 , and showest mercy H2617 unto thy servants H5650 , that walk H1980 before H6440 thee with all H3605 their hearts H3820 :
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15. who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled it, as at this day.
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15. Thou which H834 hast kept H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that which H834 thou hast promised H1696 him ; and spakest H1696 with thy mouth H6310 , and hast fulfilled H4390 it with thine hand H3027 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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16. `And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.
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16. Now H6258 therefore , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , keep H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that which H834 thou hast promised H1696 him, saying H559 , There shall not H3808 fail H3772 thee a man H376 in my sight H4480 H6440 to sit H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 ; yet so H7535 that thy children H1121 take heed H8104 H853 to their way H1870 to walk H1980 in my law H8451 , as H834 thou hast walked H1980 before H6440 me.
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17. `And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,
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17. Now H6258 then , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , let thy word H1697 be verified H539 , which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 unto thy servant H5650 David H1732 .
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18. (for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)
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18. But H3588 will God H430 in very deed H552 dwell H3427 with H854 men H120 on H5921 the earth H776 ? behold H2009 , heaven H8064 and the heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 thee ; how much less H637 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 !
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19. `And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,
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19. Have respect H6437 therefore to H413 the prayer H8605 of thy servant H5650 , and to H413 his supplication H8467 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , to hearken H8085 unto H413 the cry H7440 and the prayer H8605 which H834 thy servant H5650 prayeth H6419 before H6440 thee:
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20. for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place.
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20. That thine eyes H5869 may be H1961 open H6605 upon H413 this H2088 house H1004 day H3119 and night H3915 , upon H413 the place H4725 whereof H834 thou hast said H559 that thou wouldest put H7760 thy name H8034 there H8033 ; to hearken H8085 unto H413 the prayer H8605 which H834 thy servant H5650 prayeth H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 .
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21. `And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven.
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21. Hearken H8085 therefore unto H413 the supplications H8469 of thy servant H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , which H834 they shall make H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 : hear H8085 thou H859 from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4725 , even from H4480 heaven H8064 ; and when thou hearest H8085 , forgive H5545 .
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22. `If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --
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22. If H518 a man H376 sin H2398 against his neighbor H7453 , and an oath H423 be laid H5375 upon him to make him swear H422 , and the oath H423 come H935 before H6440 thine altar H4196 in this H2088 house H1004 ;
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23. then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
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23. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 heaven H8064 , and do H6213 , and judge H8199 H853 thy servants H5650 , by requiting H7725 the wicked H7563 , by recompensing H5414 his way H1870 upon his own head H7218 ; and by justifying H6663 the righteous H6662 , by giving H5414 him according to his righteousness H6666 .
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24. `And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house --
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24. And if H518 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 be put to the worse H5062 before H6440 the enemy H341 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee ; and shall return H7725 and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and pray H6419 and make supplication H2603 before H6440 thee in this H2088 house H1004 ;
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25. then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers.
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25. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 the heavens H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , and bring them again H7725 unto H413 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 to them and to their fathers H1 .
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26. `In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --
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26. When the heaven H8064 is shut up H6113 , and there is H1961 no H3808 rain H4306 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee; yet if they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 , and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and turn H7725 from their sin H4480 H2403 , when H3588 thou dost afflict H6031 them;
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27. then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
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27. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from heaven H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy servants H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , when H3588 thou hast taught H3384 them the good H2896 way H1870 , wherein H834 they should walk H1980 ; and send H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 thy land H776 , which H834 thou hast given H5414 unto thy people H5971 for an inheritance H5159 .
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28. `Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;
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28. If H3588 there be H1961 dearth H7458 in the land H776 , if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence H1698 , if H3588 there be H1961 blasting H7711 , or mildew H3420 , locusts H697 , or caterpillars H2625 ; if H3588 their enemies H341 besiege H6887 them in the cities H8179 of their land H776 ; whatsoever H3605 sore H5061 or whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be :
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29. any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house:
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29. Then what H3605 prayer H8605 or what H3605 supplication H8467 soever H834 shall be made H1961 of any H3605 man H120 , or of all H3605 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , when H834 every one H376 shall know H3045 his own sore H5061 and his own grief H4341 , and shall spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 in H413 this H2088 house H1004 :
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30. then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men),
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30. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4349 , and forgive H5545 , and render H5414 unto every man H376 according unto all H3605 his ways H1870 , H853 whose heart H3824 thou knowest H3045 ; ( for H3588 thou H859 only H905 knowest H3045 H853 the hearts H3824 of the children H1121 of men H120 :)
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31. so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.
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31. That H4616 they may fear H3372 thee , to walk H1980 in thy ways H1870 , so long H3605 H3117 as H834 they H1992 live H2416 in H5921 H6440 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto our fathers H1 .
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32. `And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:
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32. Moreover H1571 concerning H413 the stranger H5237 , which H834 is not H3808 of thy people H4480 H5971 Israel H3478 , but is come H935 from a far H7350 country H4480 H776 for thy great name's sake H4616 H1419 H8034 , and thy mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and thy stretched out H5186 arm H2220 ; if they come H935 and pray H6419 in H413 this H2088 house H1004 ;
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33. then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.
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33. Then hear H8085 thou H859 from H4480 the heavens H8064 , even from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4349 , and do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 the stranger H5237 calleth H7121 to H413 thee for; that H4616 all H3605 people H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 H853 thy name H8034 , and fear H3372 thee , as doth thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , and may know H3045 that H3588 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 is called H7121 by thy name H8034 .
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34. `When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:
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34. If H3588 thy people H5971 go out H3318 to war H4421 against H5921 their enemies H341 by the way H1870 that H834 thou shalt send H7971 them , and they pray H6419 unto H413 thee toward H1870 this H2063 city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 ;
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35. then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
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35. Then hear H8085 thou from H4480 the heavens H8064 H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplication H8467 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 .
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36. `When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;
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36. If H3588 they sin H2398 against thee, ( for H3588 there is no H369 man H120 which H834 sinneth H2398 not H3808 ,) and thou be angry H599 with them , and deliver H5414 them over before H6440 their enemies H341 , and they carry them away captives H7617 H7617 unto H413 a land H776 far off H7350 or H176 near H7138 ;
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37. and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;
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37. Yet if they bethink themselves H7725 H413 H3824 in the land H776 whither H834 H8033 they are carried captive H7617 , and turn H7725 and pray H2603 unto H413 thee in the land H776 of their captivity H7628 , saying H559 , We have sinned H2398 , we have done amiss H5753 , and have dealt wickedly H7561 ;
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38. yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:
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38. If they return H7725 to H413 thee with all H3605 their heart H3820 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 in the land H776 of their captivity H7628 , whither H834 they have carried them captives H7617 H853 , and pray H6419 toward H1870 their land H776 , which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto their fathers H1 , and toward the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and toward the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 :
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39. then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
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39. Then hear H8085 thou from H4480 the heavens H8064 , even from thy dwelling H3427 place H4480 H4349 , H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplications H8467 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 , and forgive H5545 thy people H5971 which H834 have sinned H2398 against thee.
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40. `Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:
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40. Now H6258 , my God H430 , let , I beseech thee H4994 , thine eyes H5869 be H1961 open H6605 , and let thine ears H241 be attent H7183 unto the prayer H8605 that is made in this H2088 place H4725 .
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41. and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness,
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41. Now H6258 therefore arise H6965 , O LORD H3068 God H430 , into thy resting place H5118 , thou H859 , and the ark H727 of thy strength H5797 : let thy priests H3548 , O LORD H3068 God H430 , be clothed H3847 with salvation H8668 , and let thy saints H2623 rejoice H8055 in goodness H2896 .
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42. O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.`
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42. O LORD H3068 God H430 , turn not away H7725 H408 the face H6440 of thine anointed H4899 : remember H2142 the mercies H2617 of David H1732 thy servant H5650 .
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