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Then
David the
king went in and
sat before the
LORD and
said,
"Who am I, O
LORD God, and
what is my
house that You have
brought me
this far?
r,ma{Y;w h'wh.y yen.pil b,veY;w dyiw'D .$,l,M;h a{b'Y;w ? yiK yityeb yim.W ~yih{l/a h'wh.y yin]a -yim ? ~{l]h -d;[ yin;t{ayib]h
17
"This was a
small thing in Your
eyes, O
God; but You have
spoken of Your
servant's house for a
great while to
come, and have
regarded me according to the
standard of a
man of
high degree, O
LORD God.
-tyeB -l;[ reB;d.T;w ~yih{l/a '$y,nye[.B ta{z !;j.qiT;w ? h'l][;M;h ~'d'a'h rw{t.K yin;tyia.r.W qw{x'rem.l '$.D.b;[ ? ~yih{l/a h'wh.y
18
"What more can
David still say to You concerning the
honor bestowed on Your
servant? For You
know Your
servant.
'$,D.b;[ -t,a dw{b'k.l '$y,lea dyiw'D dw{[ @yisw{Y -h;m ? 'T.['d'y '$.D.b;[ -t,a h'T;a.w
19
"O
LORD, for Your
servant's sake, and according to Your own
heart, You have
wrought all this greatness, to
make known all these
great things.
h'L.Wd.G;h -l'K tea 'tyif'[ '$.Bil.k.W '$.D.b;[ r.Wb][;B h'wh.y ? tw{LUd.G;h -l'K -t,a ;[yid{h.l ta{Z;h
20
"O
LORD,
there is
none like You,
nor is
there any
God besides You, according to
all that we have
heard with our
ears.
'$,t'l.Wz ~yih{l/a !yea.w '$w{m'K !yea h'wh.y ? .Wnyen.z'a.B .Wn.[;m'v -r,v]a l{k.B
21
"And
what one nation in the
earth is like Your
people Israel,
whom God went to
redeem for Himself as a
people, to
make You a
name by
great and
terrible things, in
driving out
nations from
before Your
people,
whom You
redeemed out of
Egypt?
r,v]a #,r'a'B d'x,a yw{G lea'r.fIy '$.M;[.K yim.W ? '$.l ~.Wf'l ~'[ w{l tw{D.pil ~yih{l/a'h .$;l'h ? 'tyid'P -r,v]a '$.M;[ yen.Pim ver'g.l tw{a'r{n.w tw{LUd.G ~ev ? ~Iyw{G ~Iy;r.ciMim
22
"For Your
people Israel You
made Your own
people forever *, and You, O
LORD,
became their
God.
~'lw{[ -d;[ ~'[.l '$.l lea'r.fIy '$.M;[ -t,a !eTiT;w ? ~yih{lael ~,h'l 'tyIy'h h'wh.y h'T;a.w
23
"Now, O
LORD, let the
word that You have
spoken concerning Your
servant and
concerning his
house be
established forever *, and
do as You have
spoken.
'$.D.b;[ -l;[ 'T.r;BiD r,v]a r'b'D;h h'wh.y h'T;[.w ? r,v]a;K hef][;w ~'lw{[ -d;[ !em'aey w{tyeB -l;[.w ? 'T.r;BiD
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"Let Your
name be
established and
magnified forever *,
saying, 'The
LORD of
hosts is the
God of
Israel, even a
God to
Israel; and the
house of
David Your
servant is
established before You.'
h'wh.y r{mael ~'lw{[ -d;[ '$.miv l;D.gIy.w !em'aey.w ? dyiw'D -tyeb.W lea'r.fIy.l ~yih{l/a lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a tw{a'b.c ? '$y,n'p.l !w{k'n '$.D.b;[
25
"For You, O my
God, have
revealed * to Your
servant that You will
build for him a
house;
therefore * Your
servant has
found courage to
pray before You.
tw{n.bil '$.D.b;[ !,z{a -t,a 'tyil'G y;h{l/a h'T;a yiK ? '$y,n'p.l leL;P.tih.l '$.D.b;[ a'c'm !eK -l;[ tIy'B w{l
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"Now, O
LORD, You are
God, and have
promised this good thing to Your
servant.
reB;d.T;w ~yih{l/a'h a.Wh -h'T;a h'wh.y h'T;[.w ? ta{Z;h h'bw{J;h '$.D.b;[ -l;[
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"And
now it has
pleased You to
bless the
house of Your
servant, that it may
continue forever before You; for You, O
LORD, have
blessed, and it is
blessed forever."
tw{y.hil '$.D.b;[ tyeB -t,a .$er'b.l 'T.l;aw{h h'T;[.w ? .$'r{b.m.W 'T.k;reB h'wh.y h'T;a -yiK '$y,n'p.l ~'lw{[.l ? ~'lw{[.l