II Chronicles 7:15
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Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.