Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
KJV
Inclina, Deus meus, aurem tuam, et audi : aperi oculos tuos, et vide desolationem nostram, et civitatem super quam invocatum est nomen tuum : neque enim in justificationibus nostris prosternimus preces ante faciem tuam, sed in miserationibus tuis multis.
Vulgate
πρόσχες, κύριε, τὸ οὖς σου καὶ ἐπάκουσόν μου, ἄνοιξον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἴδε τὴν ἐρήμωσιν ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς πόλεώς σου, ἐφ’ ἧς ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπ’ αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ταῖς δικαιοσύναις ἡμῶν ἡμεῖς δεόμεθα ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ἡμῶν ἐνώπιόν σου, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ σὸν ἔλεος, κύριε, σὺ ἱλάτευσον.
LXX
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.
ASV
הַטֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהַ֥/י אָזְנְ/ךָ֮ וּֽ/שֲׁמָע֒ פקח/ה פְּקַ֣ח עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ וּ/רְאֵה֙ שֹֽׁמְמֹתֵ֔י/נוּ וְ/הָ/עִ֕יר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְ/ךָ֖ עָלֶ֑י/הָ כִּ֣י לֹ֣א עַל צִדְקֹתֵ֗י/נוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ מַפִּילִ֤ים תַּחֲנוּנֵ֨י/נוּ֙ לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ כִּ֖י עַל רַחֲמֶ֥י/ךָ הָ/רַבִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …
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 8:29 — That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall mak
- 2Kgs 19:16 — LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
- 2Kgs 19:16 — LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
- Acts 4:29 — And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
- Amos 9:12 — That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
- Dan 9:19 — O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- Deut 28:10 — And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
- Exod 32:32 — Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
- Ezek 36:32 — Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
- Isa 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
- Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Jer 14:7 — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Jer 14:7 — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Jer 14:9 — Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
- Jer 15:16 — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
- Jer 25:29 — For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the eart
- Jer 36:7 — It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
- Job 23:4 — I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
- Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
- Matt 6:7 — But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Matt 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Neh 9:19 — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew the
- Num 6:27 — And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
- Ps 6:4 — Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 17:1 — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- Ps 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Ps 80:14 — Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- Ps 86:1 — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
- Ps 103:10 — He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
- Ps 119:124 — Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
- Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- Zech 3:3 — Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.