16. And David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family, that You have brought me up to this?
17. And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; for You have spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God!
18. What more can David say to You for thus honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant.
19. O Lord, for Your servant's sake and in accord with Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
20. O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God beside You, according to all that our ears have heard.
21. And what nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to Himself as a people, making Yourself a name by great and terrible things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?
22. You made Your people Israel Your own forever, and You, Lord, became their God.
23. Therefore now, Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever, and do as You have said.
24. Let it be established and let Your name [and the character that name denotes] be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You.