And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
Let these my words ... be nigh unto the Lord our God. In drawing to a close, the royal suppliant, adverting to the important nature of the petitions he had preferred, humbly but fervently prayed that they might he accepted.
That he maintain the cause of his servant - i:e., of Solomon, as 1 Kings 8:28-29, and all his successors on the throne of David.
And the cause of his people Israel - according to their necessities and desires in the contingent eventualities specified in the prayer.