¹¹ and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders^[a](A) over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.^(B)

“‘The Lord declares^(C) to you that the Lord himself will establish^(D) a house^(E) for you: ¹² When your days are over and you rest^(F) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,^(G) and I will establish his kingdom.^{(H) 13} He is the one who will build a house^(I) for my Name,^(J) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^{(K) 14} I will be his father, and he will be my son.^(L) When he does wrong, I will punish him^(M) with a rod^(N) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ¹⁵ But my love will never be taken away from him,^(O) as I took it away from Saul,^(P) whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶ Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^[b]; your throne^(Q) will be established^(R) forever.^(S)’”

“Who am I,^(U) Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? ¹⁹ And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree,^(V) Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human!^[c]

²⁰ “What more can David say^(W) to you? For you know^(X) your servant,^(Y) Sovereign Lord. ²¹ For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

²² “How great^(Z) you are,^(AA) Sovereign Lord! There is no one like^(AB) you, and there is no God^(AC) but you, as we have heard with our own ears.^{(AD) 23} And who is like your people Israel^(AE)—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name^(AF) for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders^(AG) by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed^(AH) from Egypt?^{[d] 24} You have established your people Israel as your very own^(AI) forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.^(AJ)

⁵⁶ “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest^(B) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises^(C) he gave through his servant Moses. ⁵⁷ May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake^(D) us. ⁵⁸ May he turn our hearts^(E) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. ⁵⁹ And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, ⁶⁰ so that all the peoples^(F) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.^{(G) 61} And may your hearts^(H) be fully committed^(I) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”