Catholic Public Domain Version

1 Kings 8:32-35 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

32. you will hear in heaven, and you will act and judge your servants, condemning the impious, and repaying his own way upon his own head, but justifying the just, and rewarding him in accord with his justice.

33. And if your people Israel will have fled from their enemies, because they have sinned against you, and doing penance and confessing to your name, shall arrive and pray and petition you in this house,

34. listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to the land, which you gave to their fathers.

35. And if the heavens have closed, so that there is no rain, because of their sins, and they, praying in this place, shall do penance to your name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions,