53 You chose them from all the peoples to be your own people, as you told them through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 After Solomon had finished praying to the Lord, he stood up in front of the altar, where he had been kneeling with uplifted hands.
55 In a loud voice he asked God's blessings on all the people assembled there. He said,
56 “Praise the Lord who has given his people peace, as he promised he would. He has kept all the generous promises he made through his servant Moses.
57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us, or abandon us;
58 may he make us obedient to him, so that we will always live as he wants us to live, and keep all the laws and commands he gave our ancestors.
59 May the Lord our God remember at all times this prayer and these petitions I have made to him. May he always be merciful to the people of Israel and to their king, according to their daily needs.