54. After Solomon had finished praying to the Lord, he stood up in front of the altar, where he had been kneeling with uplifted hands.
55. In a loud voice he asked God's blessings on all the people assembled there. He said,
56. “Praise the Lord who has given his people peace, as he promised he would. He has kept all the generous promises he made through his servant Moses.
57. May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us, or abandon us;