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)

⁴⁴ “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray^(A) 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.^(B)

⁴⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin^(C)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive^(D) 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^(E) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;^{(F) 48} and if they turn back^(G) to you with all their heart^(H) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray^(I) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple^(J) I have built for your Name;^{(K) 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;^(L)

⁷ From the days of our ancestors^(A) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword^(B) and captivity,^(C) to pillage and humiliation^(D) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.