1-Kings - 8:49



49 then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 8:49.

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Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them:
then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;
'Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause,
Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;
then hear their prayer and their petition in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in heaven thy dwellingplace,.... For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them.

Their course - Hebrews. their right, against their invaders and oppressors. For they had forfeited all their rights to God only, but not to their enemies; whom tho' God used as scourges to chastise his peoples sins, yet they had no pretence of right to their land.

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