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19 (A)So I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord, my God, as the Lord said to David my father: Your son whom I will put upon your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.

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19 But it is not you who will build the house, but your son, who comes from your loins; he shall build the house for my name.

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10 It is he who shall build a house for my name; he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him,(A) and I will establish the throne of his kingship over Israel forever.

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18 I will establish the throne of your kingship as I covenanted with David your father when I said, There shall never be wanting someone from your line as ruler in Israel.

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I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
    I have sworn to David my servant:

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26 [a]I will set his hand upon the sea,
    his right hand upon the rivers.
27 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,(A)
    my God, the Rock of my salvation!’
28 I myself make him the firstborn,
    Most High[b] over the kings of the earth.
29 Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;(B)
    my covenant with him stands firm.

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Footnotes

  1. 89:26 The sea…the rivers: geographically the limits of the Davidic empire (the Mediterranean and the Euphrates); mythologically, the traditional forces of chaos. See note on Ps 89:11.
  2. 89:28 Most High: a divine title, which is here extended to David as God’s own king, cf. Ps 2:7–9; Is 9:5. As God rules over the members of the heavenly council (Ps 89:6–9), so David, God’s surrogate, rules over earthly kings.

36 By my holiness I swore once for all:(A)
    I will never be false to David.
37 [a]His dynasty will continue forever,(B)
    his throne, like the sun before me.

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Footnotes

  1. 89:37–38 Like the sun before me…like the sky: as enduring as the heavenly lights, cf. Ps 89:2–5 and Ps 72:5, 17.

32 (A)He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,[a] and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:32 Son of the Most High: cf. Lk 1:76 where John is described as “prophet of the Most High.” “Most High” is a title for God commonly used by Luke (Lk 1:35, 76; 6:35; 8:28; Acts 7:48; 16:17).

For to which of the angels did God ever say:

“You are my son; this day I have begotten you”?(A)

Or again:

“I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me”?

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