2 Maccabees 3:20-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁰ And holding up their hands to heaven, they all made supplication.^{(A) 21} There was something pitiable in the prostration of the whole populace and the anxiety of the high priest in his great anguish.^(B)

The Lord Protects His Temple

²² While they were calling upon the Almighty Lord that he would keep what had been entrusted safe and secure for those who had entrusted it,^(C)