Catholic Public Domain Version

1 Kings 8:56-62 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

56. "Blessed is the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accord with all that he said. Not even one word, out of all the good things that he spoke by his servant Moses, has fallen away.

57. May the Lord our God be with us, just as he was with our fathers, not abandoning us, and not rejecting us.

58. But may he incline our hearts to himself, so that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and whatever judgments he commanded to our fathers.

59. And may these my words, by which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God, day and night, so that he may accomplish judgment for his servant and for his people Israel, throughout each day.

60. So may all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.

61. Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day."

62. Then the king, and all of Israel with him, immolated victims before the Lord.