1 Kings 8:22-53 - Solomon's Prayer To Yahweh
22 Then Solomon stood
there is no God like You
in heaven above or on earth below,
keeping the gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power
as it is today.
keep what You promised
to Your servant, my father David:
You will never fail to have a man
to sit before Me on the throne of Israel,
if only your sons guard their walk before Me
as you have walked before Me.
please confirm what You promised
to Your servant, my father David.
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.
Lord my God,
so that You may hear the cry and the prayer
that Your servant prays before You today,
toward the place where You said:
My name will be there,
and so that You may hear the prayer
that Your servant prays toward this place.
and Your people Israel,
which they pray toward this place.
May You hear in Your dwelling place in heaven.
May You hear and forgive.
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing
what he has done on his own head
and providing justice for the righteous
by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
because they have sinned against You,
and they return to You and praise Your name,
and they pray and plead with You
for mercy in this temple,
and forgive the sin of Your people Israel.
May You restore them to the land
You gave their ancestors.
because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and praise Your name,
and they turn from their sins
because You are afflicting them,
and forgive the sin of Your servants
and Your people Israel,
so that You may teach them the good way
they should walk in.
May You send rain on Your land
that You gave Your people for an inheritance.
when there is pestilence,
when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,
when their enemy besieges them
in the region of their fortified cities,
when there is any plague or illness,
anyone from Your people Israel might have—
each man knowing his own afflictions
and spreading out his hands toward this temple
and may You forgive, act, and repay the man,
according to all his ways, since You know his heart,
for You alone know every human heart,
all the days they live on the land
You gave our ancestors.
but has come from a distant land
because of Your name—
mighty hand,
and will come
and do according to all the foreigner asks You for.
Then all the people on earth will know
to fear You as Your people Israel do
and know that this temple I have built
is called by Your name.
wherever You send them,
and they pray to Yahweh
in the direction of the city You have chosen
and the temple I have built for Your name,
and uphold their cause.
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country
whether distant or nearby—
in the land where they were deported
and repent and petition You in their captors’ land:
“We have sinned and done wrong;
we have been wicked,”
in the land of their enemies who took them captive,
and when they pray to You in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
the city You have chosen,
and the temple I have built for Your name,
their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.
who sinned against You
and all their rebellions
and may You give them compassion
in the eyes of their captors,
so that they may be compassionate to them.
You brought them out of Egypt,
out of the middle of an iron furnace.
and to the petition of Your people Israel,
listening to them whenever they call to You.
from all the people on earth,
as You spoke through Your servant Moses
when You brought their ancestors out of Egypt.