16 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou shouldst give such things to me?
17 But even this hath seemed little in thy sight, and therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for the time to come: and best made me remarkable above all men, O Lord God.
18 What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and known him?
19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst have all the great things to be known.
20 O Lord there is none like thee: and there is no other God beside thee, of all whom we have heard of with our ears.
21 For what other nation is there upon earth like thy people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations before their face whom he had delivered out of Egypt?
22 And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God.