and giveto my sonSolomona perfectheartto keepYour commandments,Your testimoniesand Your statutes,and to do[them] all,and to buildthe temple,for whichI have madeprovision."
"The statutesand the ordinancesand the lawand the commandmentwhichHe wrotefor you, you shall observeto doforever;and you shall not fearothergods.
"Now behold,with greatpainsI have preparedfor the houseof the LORD100,000talentsof goldand 1,000,000talentsof silver,and bronzeand ironbeyondweight,for they are in greatquantity;also timberand stoneI have prepared,and you may addto them.
"As for you, my sonSolomon,knowthe Godof your father,and serveHim with a wholeheartand a willingmind;for the LORDsearchesallhearts,and understandseveryintentof the thoughts.Ifyou seekHim, He will let you findHim; but ifyou forsakeHim, He will rejectyou forever.
"O LORD,the Godof Abraham,Isaacand Israel,our fathers,preservethisforeverin the intentionsof the heartof Your people,and directtheir heartto You;
then hearfrom heavenYour dwellingplace,and forgive,and renderto eachaccording to allhis ways,whoseheartYou knowfor You aloneknowthe heartsof the sonsof men,
May my heartbe blamelessin Your statutes,So that I will not be ashamed.Kaph.
Givethe kingYour judgments,O God,And Your righteousnessto the king'sson.
May he judgeYour peoplewith righteousnessAnd Your afflictedwith justice.
and said,"Remembernow,OLORD,I beseechYou, howI have walkedbeforeYou in truthand with a wholeheart,and have donewhatis goodin Your sight."And Hezekiahweptbitterly.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Behold,I will restorethe fortunesof the tentsof JacobAnd havecompassionon his dwellingplaces;And the citywill be rebuilton its ruin,And the palacewill standon its rightfulplace.
Everygoodthing givenand everyperfectgiftis from above,coming downfrom the Fatherof lights,with whomthereis novariationorshiftingshadow.
