Lexicon :: Strong's G1162 - deēsis

Listen[fn] to your servant’s prayer and his petition,

LORD my God,

so that you may hear the cry and the prayer

that your servant prays before you today,

Hear the petition of your servant

and your people Israel,

which they pray toward this place.

May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven.

May you hear and forgive.

every prayer or petition

that any person or that all your people Israel may have —

they each know their own affliction[fn] —

as they spread out their hands toward this temple,

may you hear their prayer and petition in heaven

and uphold their cause.

May your eyes be open to your servant’s petition

and to the petition of your people Israel,

listening to them whenever they call to you.

When Solomon finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up from kneeling before the altar of the LORD, with his hands spread out toward heaven,

The LORD said to him:

I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put[fn] my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Listen[fn] to your servant’s prayer and his petition,

LORD my God,

so that you may hear the cry and the prayer

that your servant prays before you,

Hear the petitions of your servant

and your people Israel,

which they pray toward this place.

May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven.

May you hear and forgive.

every prayer or petition

that any person or that all your people Israel may have —

they each know their own affliction[fn] and suffering —

as they spread out their hands toward this temple,

may you hear their prayer and petition in heaven

and uphold their cause.

may you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven,

your dwelling place,

and uphold their cause.[fn]

May you forgive your people

who sinned against you.

if you are pure and upright,

then he will move even now on your behalf

and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

My friends scoff at me

as I weep before God.

Will God hear his cry

when distress comes on him?

Can your wealth[fn] or all your physical exertion

keep you from distress?

Will he beg you for mercy

or speak softly to you?

Pay attention to the sound of my cry,

my King and my God,

for I pray to you.

The LORD has heard my plea for help;

the LORD accepts my prayer.

LORD, hear a just cause;

pay attention to my cry;

listen to my prayer —

from lips free of deceit.

For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.

He did not hide his face from him

but listened when he cried to him for help.

Listen to the sound of my pleading

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy sanctuary.

Blessed be the LORD,

for he has heard the sound of my pleading.

In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight.”

But you heard the sound of my pleading

when I cried to you for help.

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,

and his ears are open to their cry for help.

“Hear my prayer, LORD,

and listen to my cry for help;

do not be silent at my tears.

For I am here with you as an alien,

a temporary resident like all my ancestors.

I waited patiently for the LORD,

and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.

God, listen to my prayer

and do not hide from my plea for help.

God, hear my cry;

pay attention to my prayer.

However, God has listened;

he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

LORD, hear my prayer;

listen to my cries for mercy.

May my prayer reach your presence;

listen to my cry.

LORD, hear my prayer;

let my cry for help come before you.

He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute

and will not despise their prayer.

When he heard their cry,

he took note of their distress,

I love the LORD because he has heard

my appeal for mercy.

Let my cry reach you, LORD;

give me understanding according to your word.

Lord, listen to my voice;

let your ears be attentive

to my cry for help.

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”

Listen, LORD, to my cry for help.

LORD, I call on you; hurry to help me.

Listen to my voice when I call on you.

I pour out my complaint before him;

I reveal my trouble to him.

Listen to my cry,

for I am very weak.

Rescue me from those who pursue me,

for they are too strong for me.

LORD, hear my prayer.

In your faithfulness listen to my plea,

and in your righteousness answer me.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;

he hears their cry for help and saves them.

“When you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will refuse to look at you;

even if you offer countless prayers,

I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

A sound is heard on the barren heights:

the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,

for they have perverted their way;

they have forgotten the LORD their God.

“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to me at the time of their disaster.

“If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

You heard my plea:

Do not ignore my cry for relief.