1 Chronicles 29:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵    For we are strangers before You, sojourners, as all our fathers were.
        Our days on the earth are dark and temporary.
¹⁶    O Eternal One our God, we realize that all this abundance,
        all that will build Your temple for Your holy name,
    Is from Your hand already.
        Everything is Yours.

¹⁷    O my God, You test the heart and delight when it is proven faithful,
        so I, with an honest heart, have willingly offered all these things.
    And now I have joyfully witnessed Your people, who are present here,
        make their offerings willingly and joyously to You.

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