until I went to the Temple of God. Then I understood what will happen to them.
What hope do the wicked have when they die, when God takes their life away?
Learning your words gives wisdom and understanding for the foolish.
Your rules give me pleasure; they give me good advice.
I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life. Let me see the Lord’s beauty and look with my own eyes at his Temple.
I have seen you in the Temple and have seen your strength and glory.
God, your ways are holy. No god is as great as our God.
But, Lord, you will be honored forever.
The prophets speak lies, and the priests take power into their own hands, and my people love it this way. But what will you do when the end comes?
“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’