Thomson(i)
18 Whereupon king David went in and sat down before the Lord, and said, Who am I, Lord, my Lord! and what is my house that thou hast loved me to such a degree!
19 Though I was contemptibly little before thee, Lord, my Lord! yet thon hast spoken respecting the house of thy servant for a great while to come. With regard to this law of the man, Lord, my Lord!
20 what more shall David presume to say to thee? Now then, thou, Lord, my Lord! knowest thy servant,
21 and on account of thy servant thou hast done, and according to thine own heart hast made all this greatness in order to make known to thy servant
22 with respect to the magnifying of thee, my Lord! that there is none like thee, and that there is not a god besides thee among all that we have heard of with our ears.
23 Moreover what other nation is there on the earth like thy people Israel? How hath God gone before them to redeem a people for himself; to make thyself a name; to display majesty and an appearance of deity; to drive out from before thy people, whom thou hadst redeemed for thyself out of Egypt,
24 nations and wandering hordes! Thou indeed preparedst for thyself thy people Israel to be a people for ever, and thou, Lord! wast their God.
25 Now therefore, my Lord, confirm the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house, confirm it everlastingly, Lord Almighty, O God of Israel.
26 And now as thou hast spoken let thy name be magnified for ever.
27 O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, thou hast made a revelation to thy servant, saying, I am to build a house for thee; therefore thy servant hath found this disposition of his heart to make this prayer to thee.
28 And now, Lord, my Lord, Thou art God, and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things respecting thy servant,