The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

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Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

General references

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;