2Chronicles:6:12-42

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* And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel , and spread forth his hands -- * for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold , of five cubits long , and five cubits broad , and three cubits high , and had set it in the midst of the court ; and upon it he stood , and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel , and spread forth his hands toward heaven -- * and he said : 'O LORD , the God of Israel , there is no God like Thee , in the heaven , or in the earth ; who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants , that walk before Thee with all their heart ; * who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise him ; yea , Thou spokest with Thy mouth , and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand , as it is this day . * Now therefore , O LORD , the God of Israel , keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him , saying : There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel ; if only thy children take heed to their way , to walk in My law as thou hast walked before Me . * Now therefore , O LORD , the God of Israel , let Thy word be verified , which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David . * But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth ? behold , heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have builded ! * Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant , and to his supplication , O LORD my God , to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee ; * that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night , even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place . * And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy servant , and of Thy people Israel , when they shall pray toward this place ; yea , hear Thou from Thy dwelling-place , even from heaven ; and when Thou hearest , forgive . * If a man sin against his neighbour , and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear , and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house ; * then hear Thou from heaven , and do , and judge Thy servants , requiting the wicked , to bring his way upon his own head ; and justifying the righteous , to give him according to his righteousness . * And if Thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy , when they sin against Thee , and shall turn again and confess Thy name , and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house ; * then hear Thou from heaven , and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel , and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers . * When the heaven is shut up , and there is no rain , when they sin against Thee ; if they pray toward this place , and confess Thy name , turning from their sin , when Thou dost afflict them ; * then hear Thou in heaven , and forgive the sin of Thy servants , and of Thy people Israel , when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk ; and send rain upon Thy land , which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance . * If there be in the land famine , if there be pestilence , if there be blasting or mildew , locust or caterpillar ; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities ; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be ; * what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man , or by all Thy people Israel , who shall know every man his own plague and his own pain , and shall spread forth his hands toward this house ; * then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling-place , and forgive , and render unto every man according to all his ways , whose heart Thou knowest--for Thou , even Thou only , knowest the hearts of the children of men -- * that they may fear Thee , to walk in Thy ways , all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers . * Moreover concerning the stranger , that is not of Thy people Israel , when be shall come out of a far country for Thy great name 's sake , and Thy mighty hand , and Thine outstretched arm ; when they shall come and pray toward this house ; * then hear Thou from heaven , even from Thy dwelling-place , and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for ; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name , and fear Thee , as doth Thy people Israel , and that they may know that Thy name is called upon this house which I have built . * If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies , by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them , and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen , and the house which I have built for Thy name ; * then hear Thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication , and maintain their cause . * If they sin against Thee--for there is no man that sinneth not--and Thou be angry with them , and deliver them to the enemy , so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near ; * yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive , and turn , and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity , saying : We have sinned , we have done iniquitously , and have dealt wickedly ; * if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity , whither they have carried them captive , and pray toward their land , which Thou gavest unto their fathers , and the city which Thou hast chosen , and toward the house which I have built for Thy name ; * then hear Thou from heaven , even from Thy dwelling-place , their prayer and their supplications , and maintain their cause ; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee . * Now , O my God , let , I beseech Thee , Thine eyes be open , and let Thine ears be attent , unto the prayer that is made in this place . * Now therefore arise , O LORD God , into Thy resting-place , Thou , and the ark of Thy strength ; let Thy priests , O LORD God , be clothed with salvation , and let Thy saints rejoice in good . * O LORD God , turn not away the face of Thine anointed ; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant .'

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