³² “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen.

¹⁴ Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.

⁸ Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne^(A) as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king^(B) over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world.^(A) A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

⁹ Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(A) The Lord will again delight^(B) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,