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Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
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God is Both Near and Far
Commentators highlight a profound tension in Solomon's prayer. After acknowledging that God is infinite and cannot be contained in any temple, he immediately asks God to have special respect for prayers directed toward it. This shows that while God is transcendent, He graciously chooses to meet His people in specific, covenanted ways, making Himself accessible.
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19th Century
Anglican
Will God indeed dwell. —The thought expressed here exemplifies a constant antithesis which runs through the Old Testament. On the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God…
Presbyterian
In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises cal…
