כִּֽי־אַתָּה֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל גָּלִ֜יתָה אֶת־אֹ֤זֶן עַבְדְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בַּ֖יִת אֶבְנֶה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן מָצָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלֶ֔יךָ אֶת־הַתְּפִלָּ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃
Sebab Engkau, ya Yang Mahakekal semesta alam, Allah Israel, telah menyatakan kepada hamba-Mu: Aku akan membangun bagimu sebuah rumah. Karena itu hamba-Mu memberanikan hatinya untuk memanjatkan doa ini kepada-Mu.
Ibn Ezra
Do not be rash — Do not let words come out of your mouth before Him in His house rashly. And let your heart not be quick — unless you understand them, for the heart is as if it were lost and straying after worldly engagements. Thus the anointed of the LORD said: Your servant has found it in his heart (II Samuel 7:27). And know that God stands over you and sees you and years your words, for He is in heaven in the highest of the high heights, and you are on earth, and nothing is lower than you. Thus let your words be little so as not to endanger yourself, like the high priest on the Day of Atonement who would pray a short prayer (M. Yoma 5:1) and leave.