Wisdom 9:4. "[G]ive me the wisdom that sits by thy throne, and do not reject me from among thy servants."

Solomon is asking for wisdom here, something he already asked for when he first took the throne, to God's delight, and was granted. He obviously realizes one can never be too wise, so he is asking God to continue to bless him with wisdom, but I find it interesting that he then asks God not to reject him.

I wonder if Solomon was thinking of his faults, and worrying about his weaknesses, weaknesses that would eventually separate him from God. Even as he asks for wisdom, he seems to recognize that he might reject her, but he phrases it as if God might reject him. To me, this shows a little of Solomon's weakness coming through already. He is deflecting; seeing the possibility of him giving into his faults, and thinking that God will reject him if he does. If he truly knew God, he would know that the feeling of being rejected by God is all of our own making, and easily remedied by repenting and asking God's forgiveness.

Perhaps this is because Solomon did not know Jesus Christ. He is living under the old covenant, and has not yet learned that God is love and wants nothing more than to have us turn back to Him after every fall. He will always forgive a contrite heart.

God does not reject us, ever, it is we who reject Him. Wisdom is seeing things as God does, so Solomon is right to ask God for wisdom. The second part of his plea shows he is still is not seeing himself as God sees him - always loved, always forgivable, never rejected.