1 Kings 8:57-59

New Catholic Bible

⁵⁷ “May the Lord, our God, be with us, just as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or abandon us. ⁵⁸ May he turn our hearts to him to walk in all of his ways and to observe all of his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.

⁵⁹ “May these words that I have prayed before the Lord draw near to the Lord, our God, both day and night. May he uphold the cause of his servants and the cause of his people Israel, responding to each day’s needs,