“Praise be to the Lord,^(D) the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, ¹⁶ ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,^(E) I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name^(F) might be there, but I have chosen^(G) David^(H) to rule my people Israel.’

¹⁷ “My father David had it in his heart^(I) to build a temple^(J) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. ¹⁹ Nevertheless, you^(K) are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’^(L)

²⁰ “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded^(M) David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built^(N) the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ²¹ I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like^(Q) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love^(R) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. ²⁴ You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

²⁵ “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises^(S) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ ²⁶ And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised^(T) your servant David my father come true.

²⁷ “But will God really dwell^(U) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(V) cannot contain^(W) you. How much less this temple I have built! ²⁸ Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. ²⁹ May your eyes be open^(X) toward^(Y) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name^(Z) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. ³⁰ Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray^(AA) toward this place. Hear^(AB) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.^(AC)

³¹ “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath^(AD) before your altar in this temple, ³² then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.^(AE)

³³ “When your people Israel have been defeated^(AF) by an enemy because they have sinned^(AG) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,^{(AH) 34} then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

³⁵ “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain^(AI) because your people have sinned^(AJ) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, ³⁶ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach^(AK) them the right way^(AL) to live, and send rain^(AM) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

³⁷ “When famine^(AN) or plague^(AO) comes to the land, or blight^(AP) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^(AQ) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ³⁸ and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands^(AR) toward this temple— ³⁹ then hear^(AS) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive^(AT) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know^(AU) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), ⁴⁰ so that they will fear^(AV) you all the time they live in the land^(AW) you gave our ancestors.

⁴¹ “As for the foreigner^(AX) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— ⁴² for they will hear^(AY) of your great name and your mighty hand^(AZ) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, ⁴³ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know^(BA) your name and fear^(BB) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.^(BC)

⁴⁴ “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray^(BD) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, ⁴⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.^(BE)

⁴⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin^(BF)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive^(BG) to their own lands, far away or near; ⁴⁷ and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead^(BH) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;^{(BI) 48} and if they turn back^(BJ) to you with all their heart^(BK) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray^(BL) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple^(BM) I have built for your Name;^{(BN) 49} then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. ⁵⁰ And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;^{(BO) 51} for they are your people and your inheritance,^(BP) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.^(BQ)

⁵² “May your eyes be open^(BR) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.^{(BS) 53} For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,^(BT) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

“Blessed be your glorious name,^(F) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. ⁶ You alone are the Lord.^(G) You made the heavens,^(H) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,^(I) the earth^(J) and all that is on it, the seas^(K) and all that is in them.^(L) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven^(M) worship you.

⁷ “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram^(N) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans^(O) and named him Abraham.^{(P) 8} You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.^(Q) You have kept your promise^(R) because you are righteous.^(S)

⁹ “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;^(T) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.^{[b](U) 10} You sent signs^(V) and wonders^(W) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name^(X) for yourself,^(Y) which remains to this day. ¹¹ You divided the sea before them,^(Z) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,^(AA) like a stone into mighty waters.^{(AB) 12} By day^(AC) you led^(AD) them with a pillar of cloud,^(AE) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

¹³ “You came down on Mount Sinai;^(AF) you spoke^(AG) to them from heaven.^(AH) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(AI) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^{(AJ) 14} You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(AK) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. ¹⁵ In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven^(AL) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;^(AM) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand^(AN) to give them.^(AO)

¹⁶ “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,^(AP) and they did not obey your commands.^{(AQ) 17} They refused to listen and failed to remember^(AR) the miracles^(AS) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked^(AT) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.^(AU) But you are a forgiving God,^(AV) gracious and compassionate,^(AW) slow to anger^(AX) and abounding in love.^(AY) Therefore you did not desert them,^{(AZ) 18} even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf^(BA) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.^(BB)

¹⁹ “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon^(BC) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud^(BD) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. ²⁰ You gave your good Spirit^(BE) to instruct^(BF) them. You did not withhold your manna^(BG) from their mouths, and you gave them water^(BH) for their thirst. ²¹ For forty years^(BI) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,^(BJ) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.^(BK)

²² “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon^[c](BL) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.^{(BM) 23} You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,^(BN) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. ²⁴ Their children went in and took possession of the land.^(BO) You subdued^(BP) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. ²⁵ They captured fortified cities and fertile land;^(BQ) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,^(BR) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;^(BS) they reveled in your great goodness.^(BT)

²⁶ “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.^(BU) They killed^(BV) your prophets,^(BW) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.^{(BX) 27} So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,^(BY) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion^(BZ) you gave them deliverers,^(CA) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

²⁸ “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.^(CB) Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion^(CC) you delivered them^(CD) time after time.

²⁹ “You warned^(CE) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant^(CF) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’^(CG) Stubbornly they turned their backs^(CH) on you, became stiff-necked^(CI) and refused to listen.^{(CJ) 30} For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets.^(CK) Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.^{(CL) 31} But in your great mercy you did not put an end^(CM) to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful^(CN) God.

³² “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty^(CO) and awesome,^(CP) who keeps his covenant of love,^(CQ) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship^(CR) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today. ³³ In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;^(CS) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.^{(CT) 34} Our kings,^(CU) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors^(CV) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. ³⁵ Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness^(CW) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you^(CX) or turn from their evil ways.

³⁶ “But see, we are slaves^(CY) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. ³⁷ Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.^(CZ)

“Lord, the great and awesome God,^(G) who keeps his covenant of love^(H) with those who love him and keep his commandments, ⁵ we have sinned^(I) and done wrong.^(J) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away^(K) from your commands and laws.^{(L) 6} We have not listened^(M) to your servants the prophets,^(N) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,^(O) and to all the people of the land.

⁷ “Lord, you are righteous,^(P) but this day we are covered with shame^(Q)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered^(R) us because of our unfaithfulness^(S) to you.^{(T) 8} We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.^{(U) 9} The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,^(V) even though we have rebelled against him;^{(W) 10} we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.^{(X) 11} All Israel has transgressed^(Y) your law^(Z) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses^(AA) and sworn judgments^(AB) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned^(AC) against you. ¹² You have fulfilled^(AD) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.^(AE) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like^(AF) what has been done to Jerusalem.^{(AG) 13} Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord^(AH) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.^{(AI) 14} The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster^(AJ) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;^(AK) yet we have not obeyed him.^(AL)

¹⁵ “Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand^(AM) and who made for yourself a name^(AN) that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. ¹⁶ Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,^(AO) turn away^(AP) your anger and your wrath^(AQ) from Jerusalem,^(AR) your city, your holy hill.^(AS) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn^(AT) to all those around us.

¹⁷ “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor^(AU) on your desolate sanctuary. ¹⁸ Give ear,^(AV) our God, and hear;^(AW) open your eyes and see^(AX) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.^(AY) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.^{(AZ) 19} Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!^(BA) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,^(BB) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”