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Nehemiah 1:11 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 1 · verse 11
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.Nehemiah 1:11 · King James Version
Nehemiah 1:11 in context
9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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Key words (Strong's)
- attentiveqashshâbhearkeningH7183 →
- beseechʼânnâʼoh now!H577 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- prospertsâlachto push forward, in various sensesH6743 →
- prayertᵉphillâhintercession, supplicationH8605 →
- desirechâphêtspleased withH2655 →
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We have here Nehemiah's prayer, a prayer that has reference to all the prayers which he had for some time before been putting up to God day and night, while he continued his sorrows for the desolations of Jerusalem, and withal to the petition he was now intending to present to the king his master for his favour to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11