^{18 Ref} Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

^{19 Ref} And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

^{20 Ref} What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

^{21 Ref} Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

^{22 Ref} Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.

^{23 Ref} And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

^{24 Ref} But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

^{25 Ref} And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!