“Who am I … that thou hast brought me thus far?” (v. 18) is a self-abasement formula (cf. 9:8; Ps. 8:4). Indeed, “there is none like thee, and there is no God besides thee” (2 Sam. 7:22). A strictly monotheistic faith, such as that found in Deutero-Isaiah, was hardly to be expected during David’s time. The “word” of God to which David refers in v. 25 and the “revelation” of God of which he speaks in v. 27 are references to the promise God made to David in v. 16. David takes courage to pray as he