29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts 1 and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives 2 I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. 3
1 tnHeb “a heart.”
2 tnHeb “with integrity of heart.”
3 tnHeb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”