“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like^(C) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love^(D) 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.

²⁷ “But will God really dwell^(A) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(B) cannot contain^(C) 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^(D) toward^(E) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name^(F) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

⁴¹ “As for the foreigner^(A) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— ⁴² for they will hear^(B) of your great name and your mighty hand^(C) 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^(D) your name and fear^(E) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.^(F)