A prayer for captives

46When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to an enemy, and their captors carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, whether far away or near,

47and if they come to their senses in the land where they were taken captive, and return and plead with you in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and acted perversely; we have acted wickedly,’

48and they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward their land that you gave to their fathers, the city that you chose, and the house that I have built for your name,

49then hear in heaven, the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause,

50and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, so that they may have compassion on them.