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to govern the world with holiness and righteousness, to administer justice with integrity.
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Give me the Wisdom that sits beside your throne; give me a place among your children.
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I am your slave, as was my mother before me. I am only human. I am not strong, and my life will be short. I have little understanding of the Law or of how to apply it.
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Even if someone is perfect, he will be thought of as nothing without the Wisdom that comes from you.
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You chose me over everyone else to be the king of your own people, to judge your sons and daughters.
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You told me to build a temple on your sacred mountain, an altar in Jerusalem, the city you chose as your home. It is a copy of that temple in heaven, which you prepared at the beginning.
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Wisdom is with you and knows your actions; she was present when you made the world. She knows what pleases you, what is right and in accordance with your commands.
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Send her from the holy heavens, down from your glorious throne, so that she may work at my side, and I may learn what pleases you.
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She knows and understands everything, and will guide me intelligently in what I do. Her glory will protect me.
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Then I will judge your people fairly, and be worthy of my father's throne. My actions will be acceptable.
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"Who can ever learn the will of God?