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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

2 Chronicles 6:42

In 11 translations

BSB
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
KJV
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
WEB
“Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”
ASV
O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.
LSV
O YHWH God, do not turn back the face of Your anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of Your servant David.”
YLT
O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'
DBY
Jehovah Elohim, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember mercies to David thy servant.
DRC
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
GNV
O Lord God, refuse not the face of thine anoynted: remember the mercies promised to Dauid thy seruant.
JPS
O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'
LXXE
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of thy servant David.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תָּשֵׁ֖ב פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶ֑יךָ זָכְרָ֕ה לְחַֽסְדֵ֖י דָּוִ֥יד עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
LXX-Br
Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σου, μνήσθητι τὰ ἐλέη Δαυὶδ τοῦ δούλου σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  • Psalms 132:1O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
  • Psalms 132:10For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
  • Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  • Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
  • Psalms 89:24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
  • 1 Kings 1:34There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
  • Psalms 89:28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
  • Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  • 1 Kings 2:16So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

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