⁸ “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock,^(A) and appointed you ruler^(B) over my people Israel.^(C)

⁹ I have been with you wherever you have gone,^(A) and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.^(B) Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.^(C)