TSK · Proverbs 16:1

Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?

"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.