Then I went to your temple, and there I understood what will happen to my enemies.
Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down,
Understanding your word brings light to the minds of ordinary people.
Your laws are my greatest joy! I follow their advice.
I ask only one thing, LORD: Let me live in your house every day of my life to see how wonderful you are and to pray in your temple.
I have seen your power and your glory in the place of worship.
Everything you do is right, and no other god compares with you.
But you will rule over all of us for ever,
Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?
But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”