I can wash the dishes "for you" because it will benefit you to have clean dishes. Or I can wash the dishes "for you" because it's your job but I can do it instead of you.
Usually we think of praying "for somebody" something we do on their behalf, something that will benefit them.
But maybe sometimes we also pray "for somebody" by speaking to God prayers as if we were the other guy praying for himself. Praying "in his stead," as it were. Putting ourselves in the other guy's shoes and then begging God for what's good for that neighbor.
This may not be the way we usually think of "praying for him." But maybe it's one of the ways we learn (experientially) about the words "substitutionary" and "vicarious" and "priestly."
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