The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

may You hear their prayer and petition in heaven
and uphold their cause.

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,
their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.

May my words I have made my petition with before the Lord be near the Lord our God day and night, so that He may uphold His servant’s cause and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires,