1 Chronicles 17 - Revised Standard Version Old Tradition 1952(RSV-C)

1 O Lord God!

18And what more can David say to thee for honoring thy servant? For thou knowest thy servant.

19For thy servant's sake, O Lord, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

20There is none like thee, O Lord, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

21What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for thyself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before thy people whom thou didst redeem from Egypt?

22And thou didst make thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O Lord, didst become their God.

23And now, O Lord, let the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken;

24and thy name will be established and magnified for ever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God,’ and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.

25For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build a house for him; therefore thy servant has found courage to pray before thee.

26And now, O Lord, thou art God, and thou hast promised this good thing to thy servant;

27now therefore may it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for what thou, O Lord, hast blessed is blessed for ever.”