"Yet haveregardto the prayerof Your servantand to his supplication,O LORDmy God,to listento the cryand to the prayerwhichYour servantpraysbeforeYou today;
But the LORDwas graciousto them and hadcompassionon them and turnedto them becauseof His covenantwith Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob,and wouldnot destroythem or castthem from His presenceuntilnow.
"Yet haveregardto the prayerof Your servantand to his supplication,O LORDmy God,to listento the cryand to the prayerwhichYour servantpraysbeforeYou;
let Your earnowbe attentiveand Your eyesopento hearthe prayerof Your servantwhichI am prayingbeforeYou now,dayand night,on behalfof the sonsof IsraelYour servants,confessingthe sinsof the sonsof Israelwhichwe have sinnedagainst You; I and my father'shousehave sinned.
May my prayerbe countedas incensebeforeYou; The liftingup of my handsas the eveningoffering.
Answerme when I call,O Godof my righteousness!You have relievedme in my distress;Be graciousto me and hearmy prayer.
Giveearto my words,O LORD,Considermy groaning.
Heedthe soundof my cryfor help,my Kingand my God,For to You I pray.
Be graciousto me, O Lord,For to You I cryalldaylong.
Hezekiahprayedto the LORDsaying,
NowHe was tellingthem a parableto show that at all timesthey oughtto prayand not to lose heart,
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
Be anxiousfor nothing,but in everythingby prayerand supplicationwith thanksgivinglet your requestsbe made knownto God.
