1 Kings 8:59
Good News Translation
May the LORD our God remember at all times this prayer and these petitions I have made to him. May he always be merciful to the people of Israel and to their king, according to their daily needs.

New Revised Standard Version
Let these words of mine, with which I pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires;

Contemporary English Version
I pray that the LORD our God will remember my prayer day and night. May he help everyone in Israel each day, in whatever way we need it.

New American Bible
May these words of mine, the petition I have offered before the LORD, our God, be present to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel as each day requires,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel, day by day:

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And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel, day by day:

let these my words.

2 Chronicles 6:41,42 Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, put on salvation, and thy saints rejoice in good things. . . .

, apparently taken from one of the Psalm.

nigh

Psalm 102:1,2 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. [2] Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. . . .

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

John 17:9,20-24 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine. . . .

1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

Luke 11:3 Give us this day our daily bread.

as the matter

Deuteronomy 33:25 His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.

Context
Solomon's Benediction
58But may he incline our hearts to himself, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and all his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 59And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel, day by day:60That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.…
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58
But may he incline our hearts to himself, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and all his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:60
That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.

1 Kings 8:58
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