“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like^(C) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love^(D) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. ²⁴ You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

²⁵ “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises^(E) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ ²⁶ And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised^(F) your servant David my father come true.

²⁷ “But will God really dwell^(G) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(H) cannot contain^(I) you. How much less this temple I have built!

⁵⁶ “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest^(B) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises^(C) he gave through his servant Moses. ⁵⁷ May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake^(D) us. ⁵⁸ May he turn our hearts^(E) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. ⁵⁹ And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, ⁶⁰ so that all the peoples^(F) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.^{(G) 61} And may your hearts^(H) be fully committed^(I) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”