39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
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Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. …
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-41)Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God’s favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing wher…
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