17 Yet thou esteeming this a small thing, O God, hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for a great while, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of [a]high degree, O Lord God.

18 What can David desire more of thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

19 O Lord, for thy servant’s sake, even according to thine [b]heart hast thou done all this great thing to declare all magnificence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 17:17 Thou hast promised a kingdom that shall continue to me and my posterity, and that Christ shall proceed of me.
  2. 1 Chronicles 17:19 Freely and according to the purpose of thy will, without any deserving.

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