2 Samuel 7:11-29

New American Standard Bible

¹¹even ^(A)from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and ^(B)I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that ^(C)the Lord will make a house for you. ¹²^(D)When your days are finished and you ^[a]^(E)lie down with your fathers, ^(F)I will raise up your ^[b]descendant after you, who will come from ^[c]you, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³^(G)He shall build a house for My name, and ^(H)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ¹⁴^(I)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ^(J)when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind, ¹⁵but My favor shall not depart from him, ^(K)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you. ¹⁶^(L)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before ^[d]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” ¹⁷In accordance with all these words and all of this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s Prayer

¹⁸Then David the king came in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “^(M)Who am I, Lord ^[e]God, and who are the members of my household, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁹And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, Lord God, ^(N)for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant regarding the distant future. And ^(O)this is the ^[f]custom of mankind, Lord God. ²⁰Again what more can David say to You? For ^(P)You know Your servant, Lord God! ²¹^(Q)For the sake of Your word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness, to let Your servant know. ²²For this reason ^(R)You are great, Lord God; for ^(S)there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, ^(T)according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²³And ^(U)what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, and to make a name for Himself, and ^(V)to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, ^[g]because of ^(W)Your people whom ^(X)You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from other nations and their gods? ²⁴For ^(Y)You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and ^(Z)You, Lord, have become their God. ²⁵Now then, Lord God, the word that You have spoken about Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do just as You have spoken, ²⁶^(AA)so that Your name may be great forever, by saying, ‘The Lord of armies is God over Israel’; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. ²⁷For You, Lord of armies, God of Israel, have ^[h]given a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘^(AB)I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found ^[i]courage to pray this prayer to You. ²⁸Now then, Lord God, You are God, and ^(AC)Your words are truth; and You have ^[j]promised this good thing to Your servant. ²⁹And now, may ^[k]it please You to bless the house of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You. For You, Lord God, have spoken; and ^[l]^(AD)with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”