rsv 2Samuel:7:18-29
rsv@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
rsv@2Samuel:7:19 @ And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O Lord GOD; thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O Lord GOD!
rsv@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what more can David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD!
rsv@2Samuel:7:21 @ Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
rsv@2Samuel:7:22 @ Therefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
rsv@2Samuel:7:23 @ What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and its gods?
rsv@2Samuel:7:24 @ And thou didst establish for thyself thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.
rsv@2Samuel:7:25 @ And now, O LORD God, confirm for ever the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, and do as thou hast spoken;
rsv@2Samuel:7:26 @ and thy name will be magnified for ever, saying, `The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.
rsv@2Samuel:7:27 @ For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made this revelation to thy servant, saying, `I will build you a house'; therefore thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to thee.
rsv@2Samuel:7:28 @ And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this good thing to thy servant;
rsv@2Samuel:7:29 @ now therefore may it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken, and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever."