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 

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ³ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[5:5]  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.

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ⁶ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[33:18]  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.

[33:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the ones who wait for his faithfulness.”

[34:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

[24:6]  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).

[24:6]  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.

[24:6]  ¹² sn For these terms see Jer 1:10.