1 Chronicles 17:16-27 ▼

16 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that Thou hast brought me this far?

17 “And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

18 “What more can David still say to Thee concerning the honor bestowed on Thy servant? For Thou knowest Thy servant.

19 “O LORD, for Thy servant’s sake, and according to Thine own heart, Thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

20 “O LORD, there is none like Thee, neither is there any God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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

22 “For Thy people Israel Thou didst make Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, didst become their God.

23 “And now, O LORD, let the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as Thou hast spoken.

24 “And let Thy 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 Thy servant is established before Thee.’

25 “For Thou, O my God, hast revealed to Thy servant that Thou wilt build for him a house; therefore Thy servant hath found courage to pray before Thee.

26 “And now, O LORD, Thou art God, and hast promised this good thing to Thy servant.

27 “And now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and it is blessed forever.”