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Then King Dauid went in ,
and sate before the Lorde ,
and sayde ,
Who am I ,
O Lorde God ,
and what is mine house ,
that thou hast brought me hitherto ?
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And this was yet a small thing in thy sight ,
O Lord GOD ;
but thou hast spoken also of thy servant '
s house for a great while to come .
And [
is ]
this the manner of (
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Does this not come rather from your free mercy ,
than from any worthiness that can be in man ?(:
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man ,
O Lord GOD ?
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And what can Dauid say more vnto thee ?
for thou ,
Lord God ,
knowest thy seruant .
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For thy words sake ,
and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things ,
to make them knowen vnto thy seruant .
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Wherefore thou art great ,
O Lorde God :
for there is none like thee ,
neither is there any God besides thee ,
according to all that wee haue heard with our eares .
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And what one nation in the earth [
is ]
like thy people , [
even ]
like Israel ,
whom God went to redeem for a people to himself ,
and to make him a name ,
and to do for (
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O Israel .(:
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you great things and terrible ,
for And inheritance ,
which is Israel .
thy land ,
before thy people ,
which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt , [
from ]
the From the Egyptians and their idols .
nations and their gods ?
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For thou hast (
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He shows that God '
s free election is the only reason why the Israelites were chosen to be his people .(:
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confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [
to be ]
a people unto thee for ever :
and thou ,
LORD ,
art become their God .
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Nowe therefore ,
O Lorde God ,
confirme for euer the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house ,
and doe as thou hast sayde .
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And let thy name be magnified for ever ,
saying ,
The LORD of hosts [
is ]
the God over Israel :
and let the (
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This prayer is most effective when we chiefly seek God '
s glory ,
and the accomplishment of his promise .(:
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house of thy servant David be established before thee .
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For thou ,
O Lord of hostes ,
God of Israel ,
hast reueiled vnto thy seruant ,
saying ,
I will build thee an house :
therefore hath thy seruant bene bold to pray this prayer vnto thee .
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Therefore now ,
O Lord God , (
for thou art God ,
and thy words be true ,
and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant )
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Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant ,
that it may continue for ever before thee :
for thou ,
O Lord GOD ,
hast (
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Therefore I firmly believe it will come to pass .(:
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spoken [
it ]:
and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever .