2 Maccabees 14:34-36

New Catholic Bible

³⁴ Having issued this threat, he then left, whereupon the priests stretched out their hands to heaven and prayed to the constant defender of our nation in these words: ³⁵ “O Lord of all, though you are in need of nothing, it has pleased you that there should be a temple for your dwelling place among us. ³⁶ Therefore, O Holy One, Lord of all holiness, preserve forever undefiled this house that has so recently been purified.”