¹⁸ “Is not the Lord your God with you? ^(A)And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people.

²⁵ For David said, “The Lord God of Israel ^(A)has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;

^9 (A)Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him ^(B)rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be ^[a]Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

God’s Covenant with David^(A)

7 Now it came to pass ^(B)when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

God’s Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? ^(A)If God is for us, who can be against us?

The Church Prospers

^31 (A)Then the ^[a]churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were ^(B)edified.^[b] And walking in the ^(C)fear of the Lord and in the ^(D)comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were ^(E)multiplied.

Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor

To the Chief Musician. A ^(A)Contemplation^[a] of the sons of Korah.

¹⁹ So David ^(A)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”

And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

²⁰ So David went to ^(B)Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place ^[a]Baal Perazim.

²⁸ Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For ^(A)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord ^(B)fights the battles of the Lord, ^(C)and evil is not found in you throughout your days.