Holman Christian Standard Bible

1 Kings 8:52-58 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

52. May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s petitionand to the petition of Your people Israel,listening to them whenever they call to You.

53. For You, Lord God, have set them apart as Your inheritancefrom all the people on earth,as You spoke through Your servant Moseswhen You brought their ancestors out of Egypt.

54. 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,

55. and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice:

56. “May the Lord be praised! He has given rest to His people Israel according to all He has said. Not one of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses has failed.

57. May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our ancestors. May He not abandon us or leave us

58. so that He causes us to be devoted to Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, statutes, and ordinances, which He commanded our ancestors.