49. Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
50. And forgive Your people, who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions against You, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have pity and be merciful to them;
51. For they are Your people and Your heritage, which You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.
52. Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You.
53. For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your heritage, as You declared through Moses Your servant when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54. When Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the Lord's altar, where he had knelt with hands stretched toward heaven.
55. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,