Wisdom 9:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ Even if someone is perfect, he will be thought of as nothing without the Wisdom that comes from you. ⁷ You chose me over everyone else to be the king of your own people, to judge your sons and daughters. ⁸ You told me to build a temple on your sacred mountain, an altar in Jerusalem, the city you chose as your home. It is a copy of that temple in heaven, which you prepared at the beginning.