Commentary for I Kings 8:43

According to all that the stranger calls out to You. And relating to the Jew it states, “and give to each one according to all his ways,”²⁷Alternatively, when the wheat does not reach its normal color but turns to a pale yellow.—Metzudas Tzion because the Jew recognizes the Holy One Blessed Is He, and he knows that He has the ability in His power [to answer]; and if his prayers are not heard, he will blame the matter on himself and an account of his sins. But the non-Jew complains and says, “a house [i.e., Beis Hamikdosh], whose fame reaches to the ends of the world, I have exhausted myself on many roads, and have come and prayed in it and found no substance in it, just as there is no substance in idol worship.” Therefore, “according to all that the stranger calls out to You,”²⁸Above v. 39. but a Jew, if You see that he uses his wealth to destroy his friend, do not give him.