Berean Standard Bible
Daniel 9:19
19O 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.”
Daniel 9:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Context of Daniel 9:19
17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. 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. 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.” 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— 21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
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אֲדֹנָ֤י׀ שְׁמָ֙עָה֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י׀ סְלָ֔חָה אֲדֹנָ֛י הַֽקֲשִׁ֥יבָה וַעֲשֵׂ֖ה אַל־תְּאַחַ֑ר לְמַֽעֲנְךָ֣ אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־עִירְךָ֖ וְעַל־עַמֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
- O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- forgiveסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
- hearקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
- and actעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- For Your sakeמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
- O my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- do notאַל'al · notH408
- delayאָחַר'âchar · to delayH309
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- Your cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- Your cityעַל‛al · uponH5921
- and Your peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- bearקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- Your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Daniel 9:19
- Numbers 14:19Pardon, 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.”
- 1 Kings 8:30Hear 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 6:21Hear 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.
- Amos 7:2And 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 11:8I 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.
- Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- Psalms 102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
- Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Ezekiel 20:9But 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.
Commentaries on Daniel 9:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thy city and thy people are called by thy name - The holy city, the city of the great King. I think it scarcely possible for any serious man to read these impressive and pleading words without feeling a measure of the prophet's earnestness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19O Lord, hear - The language in this verse does not require any particular explanation. The repetition - the varied forms of expression - indicate a mind intent on the object; a heart greatly interested; an earnestness that cannot be denied. It is language that is respectful, solemn, devout, but deeply earnest. It is not vain repetition, for its force is not in the “words” employed, but in the manifest fervour, earnestness, and sincerity of spirit which…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-19Verses 4-19 In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It must be our confession, the language of our convictions. Here is Daniel's humble, serious, devout address to God; in which he gives glory to him as a God to be feared, and as a God to be trusted. We should, in prayer, look both at God's greatness and his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19hear and act! … do not delay: Daniel prayed this prayer in 539 BC (see study note on Daniel 9:1). Shortly after, in 538 BC, King Cyrus issued a decree allowing the Jewish people to return to Judea (Ezra 1:1–4). The new temple in Jerusalem was completed in 515 BC (Ezra 6:15). God brought the Israelites back from exile in Babylon because of their prayers and repentance. The exile had been God's response to their sins and rebellion. Your city and Your people…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. The short broken ejaculations and repetitions show the intense fervor of his supplications. defer not--He implies that the seventy years are now all but complete. thine own sake--often repeated, as being the strongest plea (Jr 14:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Daniel 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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