1 Chronicles 17:16–27

David’s Prayer in Response

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

¹⁷“This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

¹⁸“What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant.

¹⁹“O Lord, ^afor Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

²⁰“O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any 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 terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

²²“^aFor Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O Lord, became their God.

²³“Now, O Lord, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken.

²⁴“Let Your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant is established before You.’

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

²⁶“Now, O Lord, You are God, and have ¹promised this good thing to Your servant.

²⁷“And now it has pleased You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may ¹continue forever before You; for You, O Lord, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”