The LORD said to Gad: “Go tell David My servant:
‘Thus says the LORD: ‘Let not the mighty man glory in his might.
But let him that glories glory in this, that My help is with him.
Then you should go and fear not, for the LORD is with you.’”
And Gad came and told David what the LORD had said.
And David said to Gad: “I have known the help of the LORD from my youth.
For who struck down the lion and the bear? Who destroyed the Philistines? Who destroyed my enemies? Was it not by the help of God?”
And when the LORD heard that, He was very pleased with David’s heart.
And He said: “Because David has acknowledged My help instead of his own glory, My help will dwell in the house of David forever.”
And Gad told David what the LORD said.
And David bowed down before the LORD and said: “Blessed be the LORD for I have found favor in His eyes.”