12. All riches and wealth come from you; you rule everything by your strength and power; and you are able to make anyone great and strong.
13. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and we praise your glorious name.
14. “Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything, because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.
15. You know, O Lord, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.
16. O Lord, our God, we have brought together all this wealth to build a temple to honour your holy name, but it all came from you and all belongs to you.
17. I know that you test everyone's heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you, and I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.