1 Kings 8:50-52

New Catholic Bible

⁵⁰ Forgive your people who have sinned against you, all of the offenses that they have committed against you, and cause those who carried them off into captivity to be filled with compassion.

⁵¹ “They are your people and your inheritance whom you brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of an iron-smelting furnace. ⁵² May your eyes be open to see the supplication of your servant and the supplication of your people Israel. Listen to them whenever they call out to you,