16. Therefore, Lord God of Israel,keep what You promisedto Your servant, my father David:“You will never fail to have a manto sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons guard their way to walk in My Lawas you have walked before Me.”
17. Now, Lord God of Israel, please confirmwhat You promised to Your servant David.
18. But will God indeed live on earth with man?Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
19. Listen to Your servant’s prayer and his petition,Lord my God,so that You may hear the cry and the prayerthat Your servant prays before You,
20. so that Your eyes watch over this templeday and night,toward the place where You saidYou would put Your name; and so that You may hear the prayerYour servant prays toward this place.
21. Hear the petitions of Your servantand Your people Israel,which they pray toward this place.May You hear in Your dwelling place in heaven.May You hear and forgive.
22. If a man sins against his neighborand is forced to take an oath and he comes to take an oathbefore Your altar in this temple,
23. may You hear in heaven and act.May You judge Your servants,condemning the wicked man by bringingwhat he has done on his own headand providing justice for the righteousby rewarding him according to his righteousness.
24. If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy,because they have sinned against You,and they return to You and praise Your name,and they pray and plead for mercybefore You in this temple,
25. may You hear in heavenand forgive the sin of Your people Israel.May You restore them to the landYou gave them and their ancestors.
26. When the skies are shut and there is no rainbecause they have sinned against You,and they pray toward this placeand praise Your name,and they turn from their sinsbecause You are afflicting them,
27. may You hear in heavenand forgive the sin of Your servantsand Your people Israel,so that You may teach them the good waythey should walk in.May You send rain on Your landthat You gave Your people for an inheritance.
28. When there is famine on the earth,when there is pestilence,when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,when their enemies besiege themin the region of their fortified cities, when there is any plague or illness,
29. whatever prayer or petitionanyone from your people Israel might have —each man knowing his own affliction and suffering,and spreading out his hands toward this temple —
30. may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,and may You forgive and repay the manaccording to all his ways, since You know his heart,for You alone know the human heart,