¹⁶Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁷And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God. ¹⁸What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant, ¹⁹O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises. ²⁰O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears. ²¹And who is like Your people Israel — the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt. ²²For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. ²³And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised, ²⁴so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You. ²⁵For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You. ²⁶And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant. ²⁷So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”