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# Connecting Statement:
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The prayer that Nehemiah begs Yahweh to listen to from Nehemiah 1:5 ends here.
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# the prayer of your servant
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Here "servant" refers to Nehemiah. This is how a person would address his superior in order to show humility and respect.
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# the prayer of your servants
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Here "servants" refers to the rest of the Israelite people who would have been praying for Yahweh to act on behalf of his people and on behalf of Jerusalem.
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# who delight to honor your name
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"who delight to honor you"
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# grant him mercy in the sight of this man
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Here "him" refers to Nehemiah, who refers to himself in the third person to express his humility before God, and "this man" refers to Artaxerxes, the king of Persia.
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# in the sight of this man
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"grant that the king will have mercy on me"
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# I served as cupbearer to the king
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This is background information about Nehemiah's role in the king's court. Your language may have a special way to mark background information.
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