geneva 2Samuel:7:18-29
geneva@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lorde, and sayde, Who am I, O Lorde God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
geneva@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of (note:)Does this not come rather from your free mercy, than from any worthiness that can be in man?(:note) man, O Lord GOD?
geneva@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.
geneva@2Samuel:7:21 @ For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.
geneva@2Samuel:7:22 @ Wherefore thou art great, O Lorde God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that wee haue heard with our eares.
geneva@2Samuel:7:23 @ And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for (note:)O Israel.(:note) you great things and terrible, for And inheritance, which is Israel. thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the From the Egyptians and their idols. nations and their gods?
geneva@2Samuel:7:24 @ For thou hast (note:)He shows that God's free election is the only reason why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.(:note) confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
geneva@2Samuel:7:25 @ Nowe therefore, O Lorde God, confirme for euer the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house, and doe as thou hast sayde.
geneva@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the (note:)This prayer is most effective when we chiefly seek God's glory, and the accomplishment of his promise.(:note) house of thy servant David be established before thee.
geneva@2Samuel:7:27 @ For thou, O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, hast reueiled vnto thy seruant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy seruant bene bold to pray this prayer vnto thee.
geneva@2Samuel:7:28 @ Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant)
geneva@2Samuel:7:29 @ Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast (note:)Therefore I firmly believe it will come to pass.(:note) spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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