So we builtthe walland the wholewallwas joinedtogetherto halfits [height], for the peoplehada mindto work.
"But whoam I and whoare my peoplethat we should be ableto offeras generously as this?For allthingscome from You, and from Your handwe have givenYou.
"Moreover,in my delightin the houseof my God,the treasureI haveof goldand silver,I giveto the houseof my God,overand aboveallthat I have already providedfor the holytemple,
Then Hezekiahand allthe peoplerejoicedoverwhat Godhad preparedfor the people,becausethe thingcameabout suddenly.
Do not forgivetheir iniquityand let not their sinbe blottedout beforeYou, for they have demoralizedthe builders.
Now whenSanballat,Tobiah,the Arabs,the Ammonitesand the Ashdoditesheardthat the repairof the wallsof Jerusalemwenton, [and] that the breachesbeganto be closed,they were veryangry.
So the wallwas completedon the twenty-fifthof [the month] Elul,in fifty-twodays.
Your peoplewill volunteerfreelyin the dayof Your power;In holyarray,from the wombof the dawn,Your youthare to You [as] the dew.
Jerusalem,that is builtAs a citythat is compacttogether;
So the LORDstirredup the spiritof Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel,governorof Judah,and the spiritof Joshuathe sonof Jehozadak,the highpriest,and the spiritof allthe remnantof the people;and they cameand workedon the houseof the LORDof hosts,their God,
for it is Godwho is at workin you, bothto willand to workfor [His] good pleasure.
equipyou in everygood thingto doHis will,workingin us that which is pleasingin His sight,throughJesusChrist,to whom[be] the gloryforeverand ever.Amen.
