Fondare 1138 Risultati per: David's Prayer
till at last he chose Jerusalem, to enshrine his name there, and David for his people’s ruler. (2 Chronicles 6, 6)
That promise of his the Lord has fulfilled; I have come forward in my father David’s place, sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised I should; it has been mine to build a house to the honour of the Lord, Israel’s God, (2 Chronicles 6, 10)
And thou hast not disappointed thy servant, my father David; thy act matches thy word; this day, who doubts it? (2 Chronicles 6, 15)
Do not forget, Lord God of Israel, that other promise of thine to David, that he should always have an heir to sit on the throne of Israel, would but his sons guide their steps, like David himself, as in thy presence; (2 Chronicles 6, 16)
Yet it has not been built in vain, O Lord my God, if thou wilt give heed to thy servant’s prayer, that sues for thy favour, listen to the cry of entreaty he makes before thee. (2 Chronicles 6, 19)
be this the meeting-place where thou wilt listen to thy servant’s prayer. Whatever requests I or my people Israel make shall find audience here; thou wilt listen from thy dwelling-place in heaven, and listening, wilt forgive. (2 Chronicles 6, 21)
Does the sky bar its gates against them, and give no rain, in punishment for their sins? Then, if they come here acknowledging thee with prayer and repentance, and turn away, in their sore need, from their sins, (2 Chronicles 6, 26)
if any one among thy people, accepting that plague or sickness as his own, makes prayer to thee, stretching out his hands in this temple, (2 Chronicles 6, 29)
Still, in heaven, thy secure dwelling-place, thou wilt grant the alien’s prayer. So shall all the world come to hear of thy renown, and fear thee no less than Israel itself; shall doubt no more that this temple I have built claims thy protection. (2 Chronicles 6, 33)
Sometimes thy people will go out to levy war upon their enemies, here and there at thy bidding. Then, as they fall to prayer, let them but turn in the direction of the city thou hast chosen, the temple I have built there in thy honour, (2 Chronicles 6, 34)
and thou, in heaven, wilt listen to their prayer for aid, wilt maintain their cause. (2 Chronicles 6, 35)
In that alien land, the land of their captivity, they will turn back to thee with all the purpose of their heart and soul. Then, if they turn in prayer towards the land thou gavest their fathers, the city of thy choice, and the temple I have built in thy honour, (2 Chronicles 6, 38)
