1 Kings 8:52 (DBY)

Passage

thine eyes being open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:50 and forgive thy people their sin against thee, and all their transgressions whereby they have transgressed against thee, and give them to find compassion with those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

1 Kings 8:51 (for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron)

1 Kings 8:52 thine eyes being open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kings 8:53 For thou hast separated them from among all peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spokest through Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thine", "eyes", "open", "supplication", "servant", "people", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thine" and "eyes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 51's "for they are thy people and thine..." into verse 53's "For thou hast separated them from among...", so "thine" and "eyes" 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 "thine" and "eyes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.