1 Kings 8:28 (DBY)

Passage

Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day;

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.

1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

1 Kings 8:28 Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day;

1 Kings 8:29 that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

1 Kings 8:30 And hearken unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou in thy dwelling-place, in the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "respect", "prayer", "servant", "supplication", "jehovah", and "hearken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "respect" and "prayer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "But will God indeed dwell on the..." into verse 29's "that thine eyes may be open upon...", so "respect" and "prayer" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "respect" and "prayer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.