Daniel 9:17-19 Part 1 of 2

"O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary. O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city--the city that bears your name--lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy. O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name."

"O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary."

Numbers 6:24-26  " 'May the LORD bless you and protect you. May the LORD smile on you and be gracious to you. May the LORD show you his favor and give you his peace.' " (see verses 22-27)

Psalm 80:19  Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies. Make your face shine down on us. Only then will we be saved. (see all Psalm 80)

Lamentations 5:18  For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals. (see all chapter 5)

 

"O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair." 

Psalm 5:1-2  O LORD, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but  you. (see verses 1-3)

Psalm 17:1  O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips. (see all Psalm 17)

Psalm 40:1  I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. (see all Psalm 40)

Psalm 116:1-2  I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! (see all Psalm 116)

Isaiah 37:17  "Bend down, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God." (see verses 9-20)

 

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