But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things are from You, and out of Your own hand we have given to You.

O Jehovah our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is out of Your hand, and is all Your own.

Can a man be of use to the Mighty God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?

If you sin, what do you do against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

Oh my soul, you have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.

As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the Angel of Jehovah pursue them.

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts will be established.

Then I said, Woe is me! for I am undone! for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?

They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him?

For if I preach the gospel, there is no glory to me, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than every one of them, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But no, rather, I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

who once was worthless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

Likewise you that are younger, be subject to your elders. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,