2 Chronicles 6:19

6:19 But respond favorably to ¹  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ²  the desperate prayer ³  your servant is presenting to you. ⁴ 

Psalms 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ⁵ 

Daniel 9:17-19

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ⁶  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ⁷  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ⁸  9:18 Listen attentively, ⁹  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹⁰  and the city called by your name. ¹¹  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹²  but because your compassion is abundant. 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ¹³ 

Luke 18:1

Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow

18:1 Then ¹⁴  Jesus ¹⁵  told them a parable to show them they should always ¹⁶  pray and not lose heart. ¹⁷ 

Luke 18:7

18:7 Won’t ¹⁸  God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out ¹⁹  to him day and night? ²⁰  Will he delay ²¹  long to help them?

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to.”

[6:19]  ² tn Heb “by listening to.”

[6:19]  ³ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “praying before you.”

[141:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”

[9:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ¹² tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[9:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

[18:1]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[18:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “should pray at all times” (L&N 67.88).

[18:1]  ¹⁷ sn This is one of the few parables that comes with an explanation at the start: …they should always pray and not lose heart. It is part of Luke’s goal in encouraging Theophilus (1:4).

[18:7]  ¹⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:7]  ¹⁹ sn The prayers have to do with the righteous who cry out to him to receive justice. The context assumes the righteous are persecuted.

[18:7]  ²⁰ tn The emphatic particles in this sentence indicate that God will indeed give justice to the righteous.

[18:7]  ²¹ sn The issue of delay has produced a whole host of views for this verse. (1) Does this assume provision to endure in the meantime? Or (2) does it mean God restricts the level of persecution until he comes? Either view is possible.