¹⁶ Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^[a]; your throne^(A) will be established^(B) forever.^(C)’”

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

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,^(D) and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.^(E) Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.^{(F) 10} And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant^(G) them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed.^(H) Wicked^(I) people will not oppress them anymore,^(J) as they did at the beginning ¹¹ and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders^[a](K) over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.^(L)

“‘The Lord declares^(M) to you that the Lord himself will establish^(N) a house^(O) for you: ¹² When your days are over and you rest^(P) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,^(Q) and I will establish his kingdom.^{(R) 13} He is the one who will build a house^(S) for my Name,^(T) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^{(U) 14} I will be his father, and he will be my son.^(V) When he does wrong, I will punish him^(W) with a rod^(X) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ¹⁵ But my love will never be taken away from him,^(Y) as I took it away from Saul,^(Z) whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶ Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^[b]; your throne^(AA) will be established^(AB) forever.^(AC)’”

²² “How great^(A) you are,^(B) Sovereign Lord! There is no one like^(C) you, and there is no God^(D) but you, as we have heard with our own ears.^{(E) 23} And who is like your people Israel^(F)—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name^(G) for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders^(H) by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed^(I) from Egypt?^{[a] 24} You have established your people Israel as your very own^(J) forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.^(K)

²⁵ “And now, Lord God, keep forever the promise^(L) you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, ²⁶ so that your name^(M) will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established^(N) in your sight.

²⁷ “Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. ²⁸ Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy,^(O) and you have promised these good things to your servant. ²⁹ Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing^(P) the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”