My devotion to your Temple burns in me like a fire; the insults which are hurled at you fall on me.
He answered, “Lord God Almighty, I have always served you—you alone. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed all your prophets. I am the only one left—and they are trying to kill me!”
Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God's Temple.
God has made my own family forsake me; I am a stranger to those who knew me;
My anger burns in me like a fire, because my enemies disregard your commands.
Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
All who pass by steal his belongings; all his neighbors laugh at him.
For Christ did not please himself. Instead, as the scripture says, “The insults which are hurled at you have fallen on me.”