³⁷ “If a famine comes to the land, or if plant diseases, mildew, locust, or grasshoppers^[a] appear, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is, ³⁸ whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it’s made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own hurting heart and anguish and stretching out his hands toward this Temple, ³⁹ then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts—for you alone know the hearts of all human beings—