Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
KJV
Nunc ergo exaudi, Deus noster, orationem servi tui, et preces ejus : et ostende faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, quod desertum est propter temetipsum.
Vulgate
καὶ νῦν ἐπάκουσον, δέσποτα, τῆς προσευχῆς τοῦ παιδός σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δεήσεις μου, καὶ ἐπιβλεψάτω τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν σου τὸ ἔρημον ἕνεκεν τῶν δούλων σου, δέσποτα.
LXX
Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
ASV
וְ/עַתָּ֣ה שְׁמַ֣ע אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ אֶל תְּפִלַּ֤ת עַבְדְּ/ךָ֙ וְ/אֶל תַּ֣חֲנוּנָ֔י/ו וְ/הָאֵ֣ר פָּנֶ֔י/ךָ עַל מִקְדָּשְׁ/ךָ֖ הַ/שָּׁמֵ֑ם לְמַ֖עַן אֲדֹנָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is prayer an act of the appetitive or of the cognitive power? Is it fitting to pray to God? Is prayer an act of religion? Should we pray to God alone? Should we ask for something definite when we pray? Should we ask for temporal things when we pray? Should we pray for others? Should we pray for our enemies? The seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer Is prayer proper to the ration…
Q. What belongs to a prayer that pleases God and is heard by him? A. First, we must pray from the heart to no other than the one true God, who has revealed himself in his Word, asking for everything he has commanded us to ask for. Second, we must acknowledge our need and misery, hiding nothing, and humble ourselves in his majestic presence. Third, we must rest on this unshakabl…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:44 — If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for
- 1Kgs 18:37 — Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
- 2Cor 1:20 — For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
- Hag 1:4 — Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
- Isa 48:9 — For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- Job 12:9 — Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
- Lam 5:18 — Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Neh 1:6 — 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
- Num 6:25 — The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
- Ps 17:6 — I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
- Ps 25:16 — Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
- Ps 31:16 — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 34:15 — The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- Ps 65:2 — O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
- Ps 74:3 — Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
- Ps 80:3 — Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 80:7 — Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 80:19 — Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 106:8 — Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Ps 130:2 — Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.