But what is important is that Derzhavin, entrusting his fate to God's hands, attempts to examine himself, his desires and plans—do they correspond to God's plan, and is he not sinning by allowing personal, human interest to predominate? In the poem "Prayer" there are also these lines:
In You alone must I place my trust, And without me You can grant me happiness. I see neither my beginning nor my end: If I care so much for myself, I thereby offend You!
