Daniel 9:19 “O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake,…”

Daniel 9:19

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

World English Bible

Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”

American Standard Version

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Geneva Bible 1599

O Lord, heare, O Lord forgiue, O Lord consider, and doe it: deferre not, for thine owne sake, O my God: for thy Name is called vpon thy citie, and vpon thy people.

Darby Translation

Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Young's Literal Translation

O lord, hear, O Lord, forgive; O Lord, attend and do; do not delay, for Thine own sake, O my God, for Thy name is called on Thy city, and on Thy people.'

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.

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Cross references

“O Lord, forgive”

Amos 7:2 Luke 11:8 Numbers 14:19 2 Chronicles 6:25–30 1 Kings 8:30–39 2 Chronicles 6:39

Amos 7:2 · BSB

And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Luke 11:8 · BSB

I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

Numbers 14:19 · BSB

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

2 Chronicles 6:25–30 · BSB

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.

1 Kings 8:30–39 · BSB

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

2 Chronicles 6:39 · BSB

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

“defer”

Psalm 44:23–26 Psalm 74:9–11 Isaiah 64:9–12 Psalm 79:5 Psalm 85:5 Psalm 85:6

Psalm 44:23–26 · BSB

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Psalm 74:9–11 · BSB

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Isaiah 64:9–12 · BSB

Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!

Psalm 79:5 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 85:5 · BSB

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

Psalm 85:6 · BSB

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

“thine”

Ephesians 1:12 Jeremiah 14:7 Ephesians 3:10 Psalm 79:8–10 Ezekiel 20:9 Ezekiel 20:14

Ephesians 1:12 · BSB

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

Jeremiah 14:7 · BSB

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

Ephesians 3:10 · BSB

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Psalm 79:8–10 · BSB

Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

Ezekiel 20:9 · BSB

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14 · BSB

But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

“for thy”

Daniel 9:18 Jeremiah 14:9 Isaiah 63:16–19 Jeremiah 25:29 Psalm 79:6

Daniel 9:18 · BSB

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great co…

Jeremiah 14:9 · BSB

Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

Isaiah 63:16–19 · BSB

Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Jeremiah 25:29 · BSB

For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, decla…

Psalm 79:6 · BSB

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

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