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16 Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.[a](A)

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  1. 7:16 The unconditional promise made here, and reflected in Ps 89:34–35, stands in contrast to the tradition in Ps 132:12, where the continuation of the line of David depends on their fidelity to the Lord; cf. also 1 Kgs 2:4; 6:12; 8:25.

16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(A) will be established(B) forever.(C)’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

(A)and that the Lord may fulfill the word he spoke concerning me: If your sons so conduct themselves that they walk before me in faithfulness with their whole heart and soul, there shall never be wanting someone of your line on the throne of Israel.

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and that the Lord may keep his promise(A) to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully(B) before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

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I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
    I have sworn to David my servant:
I will make your dynasty stand forever
    and establish your throne through all ages.”(A)
Selah

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‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[a](A)

The heavens(B) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly(C) of the holy ones.

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  1. Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.

29 Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;(A)
    my covenant with him stands firm.

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29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

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36 By my holiness I swore once for all:(A)
    I will never be false to David.
37 [a]His dynasty will continue forever,(B)
    his throne, like the sun before me.

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  1. 89:37–38 Like the sun before me…like the sky: as enduring as the heavenly lights, cf. Ps 89:2–5 and Ps 72:5, 17.

36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(B)

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