⁵² That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

¹⁶ Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

¹⁵ Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

⁶ Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

5 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

² Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

¹⁷ He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

² Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.