58 so that (A)He may guide our hearts toward Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. 59 And may these words of mine, with which I have implored the [a]favor of the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, so that He will maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, [b]as each day requires, 60 so (B)that all the peoples of the earth may know that (C)the Lord is God; there is no one else.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:59 Or compassion
  2. 1 Kings 8:59 Lit the matter of a day in its day

58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(B) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(C)

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