Another thing is true in my heart. David said, "I will prepare my heart that my prayer will be like incense before you," as it is said, "Let my prayer be prepared as incense before you" (Psalms 141:2). The Lord said to him, "Just as you intend for your prayer, I will prepare your throne," as it is said, "Your throne shall be established" (2 Samuel 7:16).
I will sing and make music. For the honor that you have given me, as it is said, "Who am I, and who is my household, that You have brought me this far?" (2 Samuel 7:18). And there is no "this far" except for the kingdom, as it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" (1 Samuel 10:11). And I was never asleep, but rather awake with harps and lyres, as it is said, "I will awaken the dawn" (Psalms 57:9). What is "I will awaken the dawn"? The dawn never came upon me and found me asleep, but rather I was awakening the dawn and not the other way around. Therefore, "At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You" (Psalms 119:62), and "I rise before dawn and cry out" (Psalms 119:147). I will praise You among the nations, O Lord, for Your kindness is great and reaches up to the heavens (Psalms 108:4). The kindness that You have done with me reached up to the heavens, for I was afraid of it, and You comforted me and did kindness with me. As it is said, "And David comforted Bathsheba his wife" (2 Samuel 12:24), and he named his son Jedidiah.