²⁹ then mercifully listen to the prayer or supplication of everyone among your people Israel, each one knowing his own suffering and his own sorrows and stretching out his hands toward this temple. ³⁰ Listen from heaven, your dwelling place, as you grant forgiveness and deal with each man according to his deeds, since you alone know what is in each person’s heart.^{[a] 31} As a result, the people will fear you and walk in your ways throughout all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our ancestors.