2 Samuel 7:26

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.

God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.

but they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Let it be known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!”

Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live king Solomon!’

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.” ’ ”

All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.

Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.

Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”