“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.

³⁷ “When famine^(A) or plague^(B) comes to the land, or blight^(C) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^(D) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ³⁸ and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands^(E) toward this temple— ³⁹ then hear^(F) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive^(G) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know^(H) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), ⁴⁰ so that they will fear^(I) you all the time they live in the land^(J) you gave our ancestors.