Hear in Heaven

If there is a famine
In the land –

Hear in heaven

If there is pestilence,
Blight, or mildew;
Locust or caterpillar -

If their enemy
Besieges them
In the land,

At their gates -

Whatever plague
Whatever sickness
There is –

Hear in heaven

Whatever prayer
Whatever plea
Is made

By any man 

Or by all your people,
Each knowing the affliction 

Of his own heart,

And stretching out his hands
Toward this house, then

Hear in heaven

Hear in heaven,
Your dwelling place,
Forgive and act,

Render to each
Whose heart you know
According to all his ways

That they may fear you
All the days
That they live 
In the land 
You gave 

To our fathers

Hear in heaven,
For you,
You only,
Know the hearts
Of all the children
Of mankind

For you,
You only,
Know
You only, know
The hearts
Of all the children
You 
Hear in heaven
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1 Kings 8:37–40

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers. (ESV)