20. Watch over this Temple day and night. You have promised that this is where you will be worshipped, so hear me when I face this Temple and pray.
21. Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us.
22. “When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent,
23. O Lord, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty one as he deserves and acquit the one who is innocent.
24. “When your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you and then when they turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness,
25. listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to them and to their ancestors.
26. “When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you and then when they repent and face this Temple, humbly praying to you,