27. There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, Lord God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?
28. But I ask you to answer my prayer.
29. This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.
30. I am your servant, and the people of Israel belong to you. So whenever any of us look towards this temple and pray, answer from your home in heaven and forgive our sins.
31. Suppose someone accuses a person of a crime, and the accused has to stand in front of the altar in your temple and say, “I swear I am innocent!”
32. Listen from heaven and decide who is right. Then punish the guilty person and let the innocent one go free.
33. Suppose your people Israel sin against you, and then an enemy defeats them. If they come to this temple and beg for forgiveness,
34. listen from your home in heaven. Forgive them and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors.