Darby Translation 1890

2 Samuel 7:20-28 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

20. And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant.

21. For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

22. Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23. And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

24. And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God

25. And now, Jehovah Elohim, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, fulfil it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

26. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

27. For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

28. And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art that God and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;