2 Maccabees 14:34-36

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³⁴ Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched out their hands toward heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words:^{(A) 35} “O Lord of all, though you have need of nothing, you were pleased that there should be a temple for your habitation among us,^{(B) 36} so now, O holy One, Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled forever this house that has been so recently purified.”^(C)