1 Kings 8:34

8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ¹  you will then teach them the right way to live ²  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ³ 

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁴  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ⁵  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ⁷  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ⁸  obey ⁹  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:49

8:49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help ¹¹  and vindicate them. ¹² 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ¹³  in the month Ethanim ¹⁴  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 6:21

6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. ¹⁵  He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary ¹⁶  with gold.

Psalms 33:13-14

33:13 The Lord watches ¹⁷  from heaven;

he sees all people. ¹⁸ 

33:14 From the place where he lives he looks carefully

at all the earth’s inhabitants.

Psalms 113:5-6

113:5 Who can compare to the Lord our God,

who sits on a high throne? ¹⁹ 

113:6 He bends down to look ²⁰ 

at the sky and the earth.

Psalms 123:1

Psalm 123 ²¹ 

A song of ascents. ²² 

123:1 I look up ²³  toward you,

the one enthroned ²⁴  in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

5:2 Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God,

for God is in heaven and you are on earth!

Therefore, let your words be few.

Isaiah 57:15

57:15 For this is what the high and exalted one says,

the one who rules ²⁵  forever, whose name is holy:

“I dwell in an exalted and holy place,

but also with the discouraged and humiliated, ²⁶ 

in order to cheer up the humiliated

and to encourage the discouraged. ²⁷ 

Matthew 6:9

6:9 So pray this way: ²⁸ 

Our Father ²⁹  in heaven, may your name be honored, ³⁰ 

[8:36]  ¹ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

[8:36]  ² tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

[8:36]  ³ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

[8:39]  ¹ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ² tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[8:39]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[8:43]  ¹ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[8:43]  ² tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ³ tn Heb “fear.”

[8:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[8:49]  ¹ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

[8:49]  ² tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[8:2]  ¹ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

[8:2]  ² sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “it.”

[33:13]  ¹ tn The Hebrew perfect verbal forms in v. 13 state general facts.

[33:13]  ² tn Heb “all the sons of men.”

[113:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who makes high to sit.”

[113:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who makes low to see.”

[123:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 123. The psalmist, speaking for God’s people, acknowledges his dependence on God in the midst of a crisis.

[123:1]  ² sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[123:1]  ³ tn Heb “I lift my eyes.”

[123:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “sitting.” The Hebrew verb יָשַׁב (yashav) is here used metonymically of “sitting enthroned” (see Pss 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 102:12).

[57:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who dwells forever.” שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) is sometimes translated “the one who lives forever,” and understood as a reference to God’s eternal existence. However, the immediately preceding and following descriptions (“high and exalted” and “holy”) emphasize his sovereign rule. In the next line, he declares, “I dwell in an exalted and holy [place],” which refers to the place from which he rules. Therefore it is more likely that שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) means “I dwell [in my lofty palace] forever” and refers to God’s eternal kingship.

[57:15]  ² tn Heb “and also with the crushed and lowly of spirit.” This may refer to the repentant who have humbled themselves (see 66:2) or more generally to the exiles who have experienced discouragement and humiliation.

[57:15]  ³ tn Heb “to restore the lowly of spirit and to restore the heart of the crushed.”

[6:9]  ¹ sn Pray this way. What follows, although traditionally known as the Lord’s prayer, is really the disciples’ prayer. It represents how they are to approach God, by acknowledging his uniqueness and their need for his provision and protection.

[6:9]  ² sn God is addressed in terms of intimacy (Father). The original Semitic term here was probably Abba. The term is a little unusual in a personal prayer, especially as it lacks qualification. It is not the exact equivalent of “daddy” (as is sometimes popularly suggested), but it does suggest a close, familial relationship.

[6:9]  ³ tn Grk “hallowed be your name.”