2 Samuel 7:18-29

International Standard Version

“Who am I, Lord God, and what is my family,^[a] that you have brought me to this? ¹⁹ And this is still a small thing to you, Lord God—you also have spoken about the future of your servant’s house, and this is the charter^[b] for mankind, O Lord God!

²⁰ “What more can David say to you, and you surely know your servant, Lord God. ²¹ For the sake of your word and consistent with your desire,^[c] you have done all of these great things, informing your servant. ²² And therefore you are great, Lord God, there is no one like you, there is no God except for you, just as we’ve heard with our own ears.

²³ “And who is like your people, like Israel, the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to carry out for them great and awe-inspiring accomplishments, driving out nations and their gods in front of your people, whom you redeemed to yourself from Egypt? ²⁴ You have prepared your people Israel to be your very own people for ever, and you, Lord, have become their God!

²⁵ “And now, Lord God, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done—and let it be done just as you’ve promised. ²⁶ May your name be made great forever with the result that it is said that the Lord of the Heavenly Armies is God over Israel, and that the household of your servant David may be established before you. ²⁷ For you, Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, telling him, ‘I will build a dynasty for you,’ so that your servant has found fortitude^[d] to pray this prayer to you.

²⁸ “Now therefore, Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things. ²⁹ So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord God, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever.”