1 Kings 8:33–53

³³“When your people Israel have been defeated^k by an enemy because they have sinned^l against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,^{m 34}then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

³⁵“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rainⁿ because your people have sinned^o against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, ³⁶then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach^p them the right way^q to live, and send rain^r on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

³⁷“When famine^s or plague^t comes to the land, or blight^u or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^v or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ³⁸and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands^w toward this temple—³⁹then hear^x from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive^y and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know^z their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), ⁴⁰so that they will fear^a you all the time they live in the land^b you gave our ancestors.

⁴¹“As for the foreigner^c who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—⁴²for they will hear^d of your great name and your mighty hand^e and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, ⁴³then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know^f your name and fear^g you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.^h

⁴⁴“When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they prayⁱ to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, ⁴⁵then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.^j

⁴⁶“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin^k—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive^l to their own lands, far away or near; ⁴⁷and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead^m with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;^{n 48}and if they turn back^o to you with all their heart^p and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray^q to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple^r I have built for your Name;^{s 49}then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. ⁵⁰And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;^{t 51}for they are your people and your inheritance,^u whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.^v

⁵²“May your eyes be open^w to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.^{x 53}For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,^y just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”