2 Maccabees 14:34-36

Common English Bible

³⁴ With these words, he left. But the priests, stretching out their hands to heaven, called on the one who always fights in defense of our nation, saying, ³⁵ “You, Lord, who need nothing, made the temple your dwelling among us. ³⁶ Now, holy one, Lord of all holiness, keep your newly purified house free from all defilement forever.”