"Listento the supplicationsof Your servantand of Your peopleIsraelwhenthey praytowardthisplace;hearfrom Your dwellingplace,from heaven;hearand forgive.
Then the Leviticalpriestsaroseand blessedthe people;and their voicewas heardand their prayercameto His holydwellingplace,to heaven.
"Ifa mansinsagainst his neighborand is madeto takean oath,and he comes[and] takesan oathbeforeYour altarin thishouse,
then hearfrom heaven,from Your dwellingplace,their prayerand supplications,and maintaintheir causeand forgiveYour peoplewhohave sinnedagainst You.
To You I liftup my eyes,O You who are enthronedin the heavens!
Do not be hastyin wordor impulsivein thoughtto bringup a matterin the presenceof God.For Godis in heavenand you are on the earth;thereforelet your wordsbe few.
For thusthe LORDhas toldme, "I will lookfrom My dwellingplacequietlyLike dazzlingheatin the sunshine,Like a cloudof dewin the heatof harvest."
"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
"I have wipedout your transgressionslike a thickcloudAnd your sinslike a heavymist.Returnto Me, for I have redeemedyou."
For thussaysthe highand exaltedOne Who livesforever,whose nameis Holy,"I dwell[on] a highand holyplace, And [also] with the contriteand lowlyof spiritIn order to revivethe spiritof the lowlyAnd to revivethe heartof the contrite.
"O Lord,hear!O Lord,forgive!O Lord,listenand takeaction!For Your own sake,O my God,do not delay,becauseYour cityand Your peopleare calledby Your name."
Whois a GodlikeYou, who pardonsiniquityAnd passesoverthe rebelliousactof the remnantof His possession?He does not retainHis angerforever,BecauseHe delightsin unchanginglove.
And forgiveus our debts,as we alsohave forgivenour debtors.
"Pray,then,in this way:'Our Fatherwhois in heaven,Hallowedbe Your name.
