1 Chronicles 17:16–27

David Magnifies Yahweh’s Name

¹⁶Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh and said, “^aWho am I, O Yahweh God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?

¹⁷“And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of the house of Your slave concerning the distant future, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O Yahweh God.

¹⁸“Again what more can David say to You concerning the glory bestowed on Your slave? You know Your slave.

¹⁹“O Yahweh, ^afor the sake of Your slave, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

²⁰“O Yahweh, there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²¹“And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

²²“^aYet You gave Your people Israel to be Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.

²³“So now, O Yahweh, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house ¹endure forever, and do as You have spoken,

²⁴that Your name ¹endure and be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your ²servant is established before You.’

²⁵“For You, O my God, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave that You will build for him a house; therefore Your slave has found courage to pray before You.

²⁶“So now, O Yahweh, You are God, and You have ¹promised this good thing to Your slave.

²⁷“So now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”