1 Kings 8:52-54

The Voice

⁵²so that Your eyes may be open to the requests of those who serve You—Your people Israel—and hear them whenever they call out to You. ⁵³You have set them apart from all other people on the earth; You have chosen them as vessels of Your earthly legacy. You revealed this to us when You chose Your servant Moses to be Your mouthpiece. It all began when You led our ancestors out of Egypt, Eternal, our True God.

⁵⁴After Solomon had finished praying to the Eternal, he stood up before the Eternal’s altar where he had been kneeling and lifting up his hands toward heaven.

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