36 When they sin against you—

for there is no one who does not sine—

and you are angry with them

and hand them over to the enemy,

and their captors deport them

to a distant or nearby country,

37 and when they come to their senses

in the land where they were deported

and repent and petition you in their captors’ land,

saying, “We have sinned and done wrong;

we have been wicked,”

38 and when they return to you with all their mind and all their heart

in the land of their captivity where they were taken captive,

and when they pray in the direction of their land

that you gave their ancestors,

and the city you have chosen,

and toward the temple I have built for your name,

39 may you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven,

your dwelling place,

and uphold their cause.C

May you forgive your people

who sinned against you.