2 Chronicles 6 (résumé): Solomon's prayer of dedication

King Solomon said: Praise be to the Lord that I have built a magnificent temple for God which was something in my father's heart but which was left for me to do. Just as the Lord had promised I have built the temple for the name of the Lord. The Lord has kept the promise he made. Then Solomon stood on the bronze platform in the outer court, he then knelt down, spread out his hands towards heaven and said: Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you... you have kept your promise to David my father... But will God dwell on earth with humans?... May your eyes be open to this temple day and night... Hear from heaven and forgive... hear from heaven and act condemning the guilty and vindicating the innocent... when Israel is defeated because of sin or there is drought because of sin then forgive your repentant people... hear the foreigner so that all peoples may know your name... uphold the cause of your people... hear the prayers of your repentant people... may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in the temple... now arise Lord God... may your priests be clothed with salvation... remember the great love promised to David!