O LORD,our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your praise reaches up to the heavens;

When you said, "Come worship me," I answered, "I will come, LORD."

But my trust is in you, O LORD; you are my God.

He will say to me, 'You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.'

can say to him, "You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I trust."

LORD our God, we have been ruled by others, but you alone are our LORD.

"One by one, people will say, 'I am the LORD's.' They will come to join the people of Israel. They each will mark the name of the LORD on their arms and call themselves one of God's people."

And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God."

Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;

all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

(SEE 22:1)

Does your doing right benefit God, or does your being good help him at all?

Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you.

Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.

It is the same with you; when you have done all you have been told to do, say, 'We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty.' "

Who has ever given him anything, so that he had to pay it back?"