Now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.
- KJV And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
- BSB And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- NKJV And now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- NLT For you are God, O Lord. And you have promised these good things to your servant.
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Quick answer
David affirms that Yahweh is truly God and has promised this good thing to him. It rests his hope on God's character and reliable word.
Overview
David confesses two anchors of his confidence: God's deity ('you are God') and God's promise ('you have promised this good thing'). Because the One who promises is the true and faithful God, the promise cannot fail. All of God's promises find their 'Yes' in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- Exod 34:6–7Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
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