2 Chronicles 6:14-42

2 Chronicles 6:14-42

[14] And said,  O LORD  God  of Israel,  there is no God  like thee in the heaven,  nor in the earth;  which keepest  covenant,  and shewest mercy  unto thy servants,  that walk  before  thee with all their hearts:  [15] Thou which hast kept  with thy servant  David  my father  that which thou hast promised  with thy mouth,  and hast fulfilled  it with thine hand,  as it is this day.  [16] 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  in my law,  as thou hast walked  before  me. [17] Now then, O LORD  God  of Israel,  let thy word  be verified,  which thou hast spoken  unto thy servant  David.  [18] But will God  in very deed  dwell  with men  on the earth?  behold, heaven  cannot contain  thee; how much less this house  which I have built!  [19] Have respect  therefore to the prayer  of thy servant,  and to his supplication,  O LORD  my God,  to hearken  unto the cry  and the prayer  which thy servant  prayeth  before  [20] 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.  [21] 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.  [22] If a man  sin  against his neighbour,  and an oath  be laid  upon him to make him swear,  and the oath  come  before  thine altar  in this house;  [23] Then hear  thou from heaven,  and do,  and judge  thy servants,  by requiting  the wicked,  by recompensing  his way  upon his own head;  and by justifying  the righteous,  by giving  him according to his righteousness.  [24] And if thy people  Israel  be put to the worse  before  the enemy,  because they have sinned  against thee; and shall return  and confess  thy name,  and pray  and make supplication  before  thee in this house;  [25] 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 them and to their fathers.  [26] When the heaven  is shut up,  and there is no rain,  because they have sinned  against thee; yet if they pray  toward this place,  and confess  thy name,  and turn  from their sin,  when thou dost afflict  them; [27] Then hear  thou from heaven,  and forgive  the sin  of thy servants,  and of thy people  Israel,  when thou hast taught  them the good  way,  and send  rain  upon thy land,  which thou hast given  unto thy people  for an inheritance.  [28] If there be dearth  in the land,  if there be pestilence,  if there be blasting,  or mildew,  locusts,  or caterpillers;  if their enemies  them in the cities  of their land;  whatsoever sore  or whatsoever sickness  there be: [29] 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:  [30] Then hear  thou from heaven  thy dwelling  place,  and forgive,  and render  unto every man  according unto all his ways,  whose heart  thou knowest;  the hearts  of the children  of men:)  [31] That they may fear  in thy ways,  so long as  they live  in the land  which thou gavest  unto our fathers.  [32] Moreover concerning the stranger,  which is not of thy people  Israel,  but is come  from a far  country  for thy great  name's  sake, and thy mighty  hand,  and thy stretched out  arm;  if they come  and pray  in this house;  [33] Then hear  thou from the heavens,  even from thy dwelling  place,  and do  according to all that the stranger  calleth  to thee for; that all people  of the earth  may know  thy name,  and fear  thee, as doth thy people  Israel,  and may know  that this house  which I have built  is called  by thy name.  [34] If thy people  go out  to war  against their enemies  by the way  that thou shalt send  them, and they pray  unto thee toward  this city  which thou hast chosen,  and the house  which I have built  for thy name;  [35] Then hear  thou from the heavens  their prayer  and their supplication,  and maintain  their cause.  [36] If they sin  against thee, (for there is no man  which sinneth  not,) and thou be angry  with them, and deliver  them over before  their enemies,  and they carry them away  unto a land  far off  or near;  [37] Yet if they bethink  themselves in the land  whither they are carried captive,  and turn  and pray  unto thee in the land  saying,  We have sinned,  we have done amiss,  and have dealt wickedly;  [38] If they return  to thee with all their heart  and with all their soul  in the land  whither they have carried them captives,  and pray  toward  their land,  which thou gavest  unto their fathers,  and toward the city  which thou hast chosen,  and toward the house  which I have built  for thy name:  [39] Then hear  thou from the heavens,  even from thy dwelling  place,  their prayer  and their supplications,  and maintain  their cause,  and forgive  thy people  which have sinned  against thee. [40] Now, my God,  let, I beseech thee, thine eyes  be open,  and let thine ears  be attent  unto the prayer  that is made in this place.  [41] Now therefore arise,  O LORD  God,  into thy resting  place, thou, and the ark  of thy strength:  let thy priests,  O LORD  God,  be clothed  with salvation,  and let thy saints  rejoice  in goodness.  [42] O LORD  God,  turn not away  the face  of thine anointed:  remember  the mercies  of David  thy servant.