1 Kings 8:58
“For Holy Scripture supports the freedom of the will where it says: "Keep thy heart with all diligence," but the Apostle indicates its weakness by saying "The Lord keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." David asserts the power of free will, where he says "I have inclined my heart to do Thy righteous acts," but th…”
Source: Septuagint
58that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.
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56Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.
57May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not desert us nor turn from us,
— 1 Kings 8:58 —
59And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, be near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel forever.
60That all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord God, he is God, and there is none beside.