New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 7:18-24

18Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “1Who am I, O Lord 2God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

19And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, 3for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And 4this is the 5custom of man, O Lord God.

20Again what more can David say to You? For 6You know Your servant, O Lord God!

21 7For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know.

22For this reason 8You are great, O Lord God; for 9there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, 10according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23And 11what 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 12to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before 13Your people whom 14You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

24For 15You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and 16You, O Lord, have become their God.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 7:18 Ex 3:11; 1 Sam 18:18 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 7:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so through out the ch ↩
3. 2 Samuel 7:19 2 Sam 7:11-16; 1 Chr 17:17 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 7:19 Is 55:8, 9 ↩
5. 2 Samuel 7:19 Or law ↩
6. 2 Samuel 7:20 1 Sam 16:7; John 21:17 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 7:21 1 Chr 17:19; Eph 4:32 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 7:22 Deut 3:24; Ps 48:1; 86:10 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 7:22 Ex 15:11; 1 Sam 2:2 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 7:22 Ex 10:2; Ps 44:1 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 4:32-38 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 10:21 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 15:15 ↩
14. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 9:26 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 7:24 Deut 32:6 ↩
16. 2 Samuel 7:24 Gen 17:7, 8; Ex 6:7 ↩

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