1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 1  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 2  I will be constantly present there. 3 

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over 4  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped 5  until a report could be dispatched 6  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Psalms 33:18

33:18 Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, 7 

those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness 8 

Psalms 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help. 9 

Jeremiah 24:6

24:6 I will look after their welfare 10  and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land 11  and will not uproot them. 12 

1 tn Heb “I have heard.”

2 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

3 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

4 tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

5 tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

6 tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

7 tn Heb “look, the eye of the Lord [is] toward the ones who fear him.” The expression “the eye…[is] toward” here indicates recognition and the bestowing of favor. See Ps 34:15. The one who fears the Lord respects his sovereignty and obeys his commandments. See Ps 128:1; Prov 14:2.

8 tn Heb “for the ones who wait for his faithfulness.”

9 tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

10 tn Heb “I will set my eyes upon them for good.” For the nuance of “good” see Jer 21:10; Amos 9:4 (in these cases the opposite of harm; see BDB 375 s.v. טוֹבָה 1).

11 tn The words “There” and “firmly in the land” are not in the text but are implicit from the connection and the metaphor. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

12 sn For these terms see Jer 1:10.