New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 7:18-24

18Then David the king came in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “1Who am I, Lord 2God, 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, 3for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant regarding the distant future. And 4this is the 5custom of mankind, Lord God.

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

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

22For this reason 8You are great, Lord God; for 9there is no one like You, and there is no God except 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, 13because of 14Your people whom 15You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from other nations and their gods?

24For 16You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and 17You, 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 throughout 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 Or before Your ↩
14. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 15:15 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 7:23 Deut 9:26 ↩
16. 2 Samuel 7:24 Deut 32:6 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 7:24 Gen 17:7, 8; Ex 6:7 ↩

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