37 “If a famine occurs in the land,+ or a pestilence, a scorching blight, mildew,+ swarming locusts, or voracious locusts;* or if their enemy besieges them in any of the cities of the land* or if any other sort of plague or disease occurs,+ 38 whatever prayer, whatever request for favor+ may be made by any man or by all your people Israel (for each one knows the plague of his own heart)+ when they spread out their hands toward this house, 39 then may you hear from the heavens, your dwelling place,+ and may you forgive+ and take action; and reward each one according to all his ways,+ for you know his heart (you alone truly know every human heart),+ 40 so that they may fear you all the days they live on the land that you gave to our forefathers.