4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David’s words (Ps. 51:18; Build thou the walls of Jerusalem ), he did not sit still and say, “Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do,” but set himself to forecast what he could do towards it. Our prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, else we mock God. Nearly four months passed, from Chisleu to…
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