1 Chronicles 17:16-27 ▼

16 And King David went in and sat before the face of YHWH, and he said, “Who am I, O YHWH God, and what is my house, that You have brought me as far as here?

17 And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God, and You have spoken of the house of Your servant afar off, and have regarded me as a type of the man on high, O YHWH God.

18 What more can David say to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant.

19 O YHWH, For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

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

21 And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Yourself a great name and to be feared, to drive out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt.

22 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people even to forever, and You, O YHWH, have become to them God.

23 And now, O YHWH, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, may it be confirmed even to forever, and do as You have spoken.

24 And may Your name be confirmed, even magnified, forever, saying, ‘YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

25 For You, my God, have uncovered the ear to Your servant, that You will build for him a house. Upon thus Your servant has found it to pray before You.

26 And now, O YHWH, You are God, and You spoke to Your servant this goodness.

27 And You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be forever before You. For You, O YHWH, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”