David Magnifies Yahweh’s Name

¹⁸ Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, “^(A)Who am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁹ And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord Yahweh, ^(B)for You have spoken also of the house of Your slave concerning the distant future. And ^(C)this is the law of man, O Lord Yahweh. ²⁰ And again what more can David say to You? And ^(D)You know Your slave, O Lord Yahweh! ^21 (E)For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know. ²² For this reason ^(F)You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for ^(G)there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, ^(H)according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²³ And ^(I)what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and ^(J)to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before ^(K)Your people whom ^(L)You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? ²⁴ Yet ^(M)You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and ^(N)You, O Yahweh, have become their God. ²⁵ So now, O Yahweh God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as You have spoken, ^26 (O)that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of Your ^[a]servant David shall be established before You. ²⁷ For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘^(P)I will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You. ²⁸ So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and ^(Q)Your words are truth, and You have ^[b]promised this good thing to Your slave. ²⁹ So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and ^(R)with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.”