2 Maccabees 14:34-36

Good News Translation

³⁴ Then he left, and immediately the priests lifted their arms toward heaven and prayed to God, the faithful Defender of our nation: ³⁵ 
Lord, you are in need of nothing, yet it has pleased you to place your Temple here and to live among us. ³⁶ You alone are holy, and your Temple has only recently been purified, so now protect its holiness forever.