“Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
Parallel translations
- KJV And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
- BSB And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- NKJV “And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- NASB Now then, Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
- NLT For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
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Quick answer
David confessed that God is truly God, His words are truth, and He has promised this good thing. God's trustworthy word is the foundation of David's confidence.
Overview
David rests his hope on God's character and the reliability of His promises: 'your words are truth.' Because God cannot lie, the promised good is as good as done. This anchors faith in the faithfulness of God, the same ground on which all His promises in Christ are 'Yes and Amen' (2 Corinthians 1:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Exod 34:6Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
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