1 Kings 8:59 (DBY)

Passage

And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:

1 Kings 8:58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:59 And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;

1 Kings 8:60 that all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that there is none else;

1 Kings 8:61 and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "words", "supplication", "before", "jehovah", "nigh", "night", and "maintain". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "words" and "supplication", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 58's "that he may incline our hearts to..." into verse 60's "that all peoples of the earth may...", so "words" and "supplication" 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 "words" and "supplication" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.