1. 2 Samuel 7:19 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does David refer to himself as the LORD’s servant?

2 Samuel 7:19 (ESV)

19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!

David refers to himself as the Lord's servant on ten occasions in his prayer. This serves to emphasize the fact that he knows he is someone who is subject to the Lord's authority.1