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David’s Prayer of Thanks

16 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed,

“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17 And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great,[a] O Lord God!

18 “What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:17 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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