O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
- BSB O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
- NKJV O Lord, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
- NASB Lord, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
- NLT For the sake of your servant, O Lord, and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known.
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Quick answer
David confesses that God has done this great thing for His servant's sake and according to His own heart. God's covenant flows from His own gracious will.
Overview
David acknowledges that the magnificent promise springs from God's own heart and purpose, not David's deserving. God acts to reveal His greatness and to bless His servant freely. This grounding of salvation in God's own gracious heart is the foundation of the gospel, where God saves according to His own will and love in Christ.
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Cross-references · 12
- Isa 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Isa 49:5–6And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
- Eph 1:9–11Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
- Isa 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
- Dan 9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Eph 3:11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
- Ps 111:3His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
- Ps 111:6He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
- 2 Sam 7:21For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
- Matt 11:26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- 1 Chr 29:11–12Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Isa 49:3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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