²¹ And because the midwives feared God, ^(A)he gave them families.

³⁸ And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, ^(A)I will be with you and ^(B)will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

^35 (A)And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. ^(B)And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before ^(C)my anointed forever.

²⁷ For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. ²⁸ And now, O Lord God, you are God, and ^(A)your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. ²⁹ Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, ^(B)and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and ^(A)prolongs his life, yet I know that ^(B)it will be well with ^(C)those who fear God, because they fear before him.

²⁴ Now therefore ^(A)as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, ^(B)as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

²⁸ Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord ^(A)a sure house, because my lord ^(B)is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of ^(A)Ascents. Of Solomon.