8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ¹  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 8:28 But respond favorably to ²  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ³  the desperate prayer ⁴  your servant is presenting to you ⁵  today. 8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ⁶  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ⁷  8:30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. ⁸  Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place ⁹  and respond favorably. ¹⁰