2 Chronicles 6:40
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40 “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.
Psalm 116:2
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2 Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
2 Chronicles 7:15
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15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
Psalm 17:1
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Psalm 17
A prayer of David.
1 O Lord, hear my plea for justice.
Listen to my cry for help.
Pay attention to my prayer,
for it comes from honest lips.
Nehemiah 1:6
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6 listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!
Nehemiah 1:11
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11 O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[a] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.”
In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
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- 1:11 Hebrew today in the sight of this man.
Daniel 9:16-19
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16 In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
17 “O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.
18 “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
19 “O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”
Isaiah 37:17
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17 Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.
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Psalm 88:1
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Psalm 88
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm[a] of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.
Footnotes
- 88:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.
Psalm 31:2
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2 Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
Psalm 22:1-2
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Psalm 22
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
Psalm 13:3
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3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Psalm 7:3
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3 O Lord my God, if I have done wrong
or am guilty of injustice,
2 Chronicles 16:9
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9 The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”
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1 Kings 8:52
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52 “May your eyes be open to my requests and to the requests of your people Israel. May you hear and answer them whenever they cry out to you.
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