The Prayer of David^(A)

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord. He said,

“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? ¹⁹ Yet this was comparatively insignificant in Your sight, Lord God, for You have also spoken about Your servant’s house into the distant future. Is this Your manner with man, Lord God?

²⁰ “What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord God. ²¹ Because of Your word, according to Your will, You have done all of this greatness to inform Your servant.

²² “Therefore You are great, Lord God. There is none like You, and there is no God except You, according to everything that we have heard with our ears. ²³ And who is like Your people, like Israel—a single nation in the land, whom God went to redeem as a people for Himself, making a name for Himself by doing great and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods. ²⁴ You established Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, Lord, became their God.

²⁵ “Now, Lord God, confirm forever the word that You spoke regarding Your servant and his house and do as You have spoken. ²⁶ May Your name be magnified forever by saying, ‘The Lord of Hosts is God over Israel,’ and may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

²⁷ “For You, O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed a word to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore, Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You. ²⁸ Now, Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true. You have spoken this good message to Your servant. ²⁹ Now, be resolved and bless Your servant’s dynastic house, so that it may stand before You forever. You, Lord God, have spoken, and with Your blessing, the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”