2 Samuel 7:12–29

^12r“When your days are fulfilled and you ^srest with your fathers, ^tI will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. ^13uHe shall build a house for My name, and I will ^vestablish the throne of his kingdom forever. ^14wI will be his Father, and he shall be ^xMy son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the ⁴blows of the sons of men. ¹⁵But My mercy shall not depart from him, ^yas I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶And ^zyour house and your kingdom shall be established forever before ⁵you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

¹⁷According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s Thanksgiving to God

¹⁸Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: ^a“Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁹And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. ^bIs this the manner of man, O Lord God? ²⁰Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, ^cknow Your servant. ²¹For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them. ²²Therefore ^dYou are great, ⁶O Lord God. For ^ethere is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ^fears. ²³And who is like Your people, like Israel, ^gthe one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land—before ^hYour people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? ²⁴For ⁱYou have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; ^jand You, Lord, have become their God.

²⁵“Now, O Lord God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said. ²⁶So let Your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You. ²⁷For You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸“And now, O Lord God, You are God, and ^kYour words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. ²⁹Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed ^lforever.”