1 Chronicles 29:10-20

The Voice

David: You are blessed, O Eternal One,
        God of Israel, our father, forever and ever.
¹¹     All that is great and powerful and glorious and victorious and majestic
        is Yours, O Eternal One.
    Indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to You.
        The kingdom belongs to You, O Eternal One, and You are the head of it all.
¹²     Wealth and glory come from You,
        and You rule over them all.
    In Your hand is power and strength,
        and You use them to make great and strengthen everyone.
¹³     Because of your greatness, our God,
        we testify about Your greatness and praise Your glorious name.

¹⁴     But who am I and who are my people
        that we can offer up anything to You so willingly?
    All our offerings come from You,
        so we can give You nothing that isn’t already Yours.
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.
¹⁸     O Eternal One, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
        sustain this purpose and thought
    In the hearts of Your people forever
        and guide their hearts to You.
¹⁹     Especially give to my son Solomon a perfect heart,
        one that keeps Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your laws,
    One that will do them all, and one that will build the temple,
        for which I have made provisions.