brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand,and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. CONFESSION OF SIN TO Josh. vii, 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. James v, 16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 1 Sam. xv, 24. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 1 Sam. xxvi, 21. Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 2 Sam. xix, 19, 20. And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. PETITION. BASED UPON THE DIVINE Gen. xxxii, 12. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 2 Chron. vi, 16, 17. Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me. then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. Now Neh. 1, 8-10. Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying.Ifye trangress, I willscatter you abroad among the nations: But 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, yct will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. Neh. ix, 82. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee kings, on our priuces, and on our that hath come upon us, on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. Ps. cxix, 49, 169, 170. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. Jer. xiv, 21. Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not dis grace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. UPON PROVIDENCE. Exod. xvii, 4. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. Deut. iii, 23, 24. And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? Ps. xii, 1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Jonah 1, 14. Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us inuocent blood: for thou, o LORD, hast doue as it pleased thee." UPON THE DIVINE GOODNESS. 1 Kings ill, 6, 7. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O LORD, my God, thou last made thy servant king instead of David my father, and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. Ps. xxv, 6. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Ps. xxvii, 9. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither for sake me, O God of my salvation. P3. lvi, 13. For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from God in the light of the living? falling, that I may walk before Isa. Ixill, 15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? Are they restrained? Dan. ix, 17-19. Now therefore O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desol ations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercles. O Lord, hear; O LORD, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. UPON THE DIVINE JUSTICE. Gen. xviii, 23-25, 28-32. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Peradventure thereshall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirtythere. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall twenty's sake. be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Ps. xvii, 1, 2. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. Ps. liv, 1. Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. UPON THE DIVINE GLORY. Exod. xxxii, 11, 12. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Num. xiv, 13-16. And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou, LORD, art among this people; that thou, LORD, art seen face to face; and that thy cloud standeth over them; and that thou goest before them, by day-time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now, if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations, which I Deut. ix, 28, 29. Lest the land said, Alas! O' LORD God, where- 1 Kings xviii, 36, 37. And it 1 Chron. xvi, 35. And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. Ps. cxv, 2. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. God, for good, according to all Neh. v, 19. Think upon me, my that I have done for this people. Neh. xiii, 14. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. Ps iii, 3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Ps. xvi, 1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Ps. xxvi, 1-3. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine the LORD; therefore I shall not integrity: I have trusted also in slide. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in thy truth." Ps. xxxi, 1. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. LORD, be upon us, according as we Ps. xxxiii, 22. Let thy mercy, O hope in thee. Ps. lxxi, 1, 7. In thee, O LORD, put to confusion. I am as a wondo I put my trust; let me never be strong refuge. der unto many, but thou art my thine ear, O LORD, hear me; for I Ps. lxxxvi, 1, 2. Bow down am poor and needy. Preserve my soul; for I am holy; O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. P3. cxix, 30, 31, 41, 42, 94, 132. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. I have stuck unto thy testishame. monies: O LORD, put me not to Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to an I am swer him that reproacheth me: ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine AND ALSO UPON CONFIDENCE 2 Kings xx, 3. I beseech thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my rePs. cxlii, 5, 6. I cried unto thee, fuge and my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Isa. xxxviii, 2, 3. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore. Jer. xvii, 17. Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. Mark xi, 24. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. INTERCESSION. THE RULE. Mal. 1, 9. And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. Eph. vi, 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. 1 Tim. ii, 1. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men. Exod. ix, 29. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; cease, and the thunder shall neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S. Exod. x, 18. And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. Num. xii, 13. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 1 Sam. 1, 17, 18. Then Ell answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. Job xlii, 9, 10. So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophiar the Naamathite, went and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also acceptedJob. Andthe LORDturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Dan. ii, 17, 18. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of 2 Tim. 1, 3, 4. I thank God, THE EXCEPTION. the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. 2 Cor. i, 11. Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that, for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, our behalf. Jer. vil, 16. Therefore pray not thanks may be given by many on thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. Jer. xi, 14. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. Jer. xiv, 11. Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people 1 John v, 16. . . . There is a sin INTERCESSION REQUESTED. Exod. ix, 28. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. Exod. x, 17. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 1 Sam. vii, 8. And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. Jer. xxxvii, 3. And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. Acts vill, 24. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. INTERCESSION. Eph. vi, 19, 20. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel. For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Col. iv, 3, 4. Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds. That may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 1 Thess. v, 25. Brethren, pray for us. 2 Thess. iii, 1, 2. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you; And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. Heb. xiii, 18, 19. Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. FOR MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. Rom. xv, 30-33. Now, I beseech Ps. lxvii, 1, 2. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Ps. lxx, 4, 5. Let all those that seek the rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. poor and needy: make haste unto But I am me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. Ps. cxix, 79. Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Ps. cxxv, 4. 5. Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Acts xx, 32. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Phil. i, 3-5. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with Joy. For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray | Joseph like a flock; thou that beseech thee, let the power of my Num. xiv, 17, 19. And now. I hast spoken, saying, Pardon, I Lord be great, according as thou beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. Num. xxvii, 15-17. And Moses spike unto the LORD, saying, Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, go out before them, and which which may may go in before thein. . . . . . Deut. 1x, 19, 25, 26. (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy yon.) But the LORD hearkened unto m at that time also. down before the LORD forty day Thus I fell and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord Gop, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Col. i, 9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understand-the ing. 1 Thess. ii, 10-13. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 2 Thess. 1, 11, 12. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorifled in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. FOR FAMILY, See under FAMILY. FOR OUR COUNTRY. Exod. xxxiv, 9. And he said, If now I have found grace in thy us. LORD, with the favour that thou Ps. cvl, 4, 5. Remember me, O bearest unto thy people: 0 visit me with thy salvation; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. Isa Ixiv, 9. Be not wroth very iniquity for ever: behold, see, we sore, O LORD, neither remember beseech thee, we are all thy people. IN PUBLIC DISTRESS. afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou Ps. x, 1. Why standest thou thyself in times of trouble? Ps. xxv, 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast Ps. xliv, 23-25. I Awake, why us not off for ever. hidest thon thy face, and torget Wherefore test our affliction and our oppres sion? For our soul is bowed down to the dust, our belly cleaveth Deut. xxvi, 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a lan that floweth with milk and honey. 1 Sam. vii, 5. And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpel, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, 1 Chron. xxix,18. O LORD God of the imagination of the thoughts our fathers, keep this for ever in of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee. Ps. xxviii, 9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. congregation, which thou Ps. lxxiv, 2, 3. Remember thy purchased of old; the rod of thine hast inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Ps. lxxix, 8. 9. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our vation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. unto the earth. På lx, 1, 11, 12. O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. P8. lxxiv, 19. O deliver not the Soul of thy turtle-dove unto the for ever. not the congregation of thy poor multitude of the wicked: forget est them with the bread of tears; O God of hosts: look down from rejected Judah? hath thy soul sal-lovers, but they deceived me: my Lam. 1, 19, 20. I called for my priests and mine elders gave up the glost in the city, while they in distress: my bowels are troubsouls. Behold, O LORD, for I am sought their meat to relieve their 2 M herd of Israel, thou that leadest Ps. Ixxx, 1, 2. Give ear, O Shep 545 led: mine heart is turned within them, and to their fathers. If thy Ezek. ix, 8. And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? Daniel ix, 16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain. . . . . . FOR VICTORY. Judges v, 31. So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. 1 Kings viii, 32--34, 44, 45. Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: Then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 2 Kings xix, 19, 20. Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 2 Chron. vi, 24, 25, 34, 35. And If thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned againt thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house: Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to 2 Chron. xiv, 11. And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 2 Chron. xx, 12, 13. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Ps. ix, 19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Ps. xvii, 7. Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Ps. xliv, 4, 5. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Ps. lx, 9, 10. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies. Ps. lxxiv, 22, 23. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. Fs. lxxix, 10-12. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thyservants which is shed. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thypower preserve thou those that are appointed to die; And render unto our neighbours seven-fold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O LORD. Ps. lxxxiii, 1, 2. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, 546 thine enemies make a tumult; end they that hate thee have lifted up the head. Ps. cvill, 10-18. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Will not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 1 Chron. v, 19, 20. And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 2 Chron. xiil, 14--16. And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. And the children of Israel fled before Judab: and God delivered them into their hand. salvation, and in the name of our Ps. xx, 5. We will rejoice in thy God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. EARNEST DESIRE OF BEING HEARD. 2 Chron. vi, 20, 21, 28, 29, 36-40. That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locu-ts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore, or whatsoever sicknes; there be. Then what prayer, or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with |