42. for they will hear of Your great name,mighty hand, and outstretched arm,and will come and pray toward this temple —
43. may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,and do according to all the foreigner asks You for.Then all the people on earth will know Your name,to fear You as Your people Israel doand know that this temple I have builtis called by Your name.
44. When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them,and they pray to Yahwehin the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,
45. may You hear their prayer and petition in heavenand uphold their cause.
46. When they sin against You —for there is no one who does not sin —and You are angry with themand hand them over to the enemy,and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country —whether distant or nearby —
47. and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deportedand repent and petition You in their captors’ land:“We have sinned and done wrong;we have been wicked,”
48. and when they return to You with their whole mind and heartin the land of their enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of their landthat You gave their ancestors,the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,
49. may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.
50. May You forgive Your peoplewho sinned against Youand all their rebellions against You,and may You give them compassionin the eyes of their captors,so that they may be compassionate to them.
51. For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt,out of the middle of an iron furnace.
52. May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s petitionand to the petition of Your people Israel,listening to them whenever they call to You.
53. For You, Lord God, have set them apart as Your inheritancefrom all the people on earth,as You spoke through Your servant Moseswhen You brought their ancestors out of Egypt.