8 And I haue ben with thee whyther soe∣uer thou hast walked, and haue weeded out all thyne enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a name like the name of the greatest men that are in the earth.
9 And I haue ordeyned a place for my people Israel and made it fast, so that nowe they may dwell in their place, and moue no more: Neither shall the children of wickednesse vexe them any more as at the beginning.
10 And sence the time that I commaun∣ded iudges to be ouer my people Israel, I haue subdued all thyne enemies: and I told thee that the Lord would buyld thee an house.
11 This also shal come to passe: when thy dayes be expired that thou must go vn∣to thy fathers, I will rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and I will stablishe his kingdome.
12 He shall buylde me an house, and I wil stablishe his seate for euer.
13 I wilbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will not take my mercie a∣way from him, as I toke it from hym that was before thee.
[unspec C] 14 But I wil stablishe him in myne house and my kingdome for euer, and his seate shalbe sure for euermore.
15 According to all these wordes, and ac∣cording to al this vision, did Nathan tell king Dauid.
16 And Dauid the king came and sate be∣fore the Lord, and sayde: What am I O Lord God, and what is myne houshold, that thou hast promoted me thus farre?
17 And yet this seemed litle in thyne eyes, O God: But thou hast also spoken of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle to come, and hast loked vpon me as vpon a man of hye degree, O Lorde God.
18 What shall Dauid desire more of thee for the honour of thy seruaunt? For thou hast knowen thy seruaunt.
19 O Lord, for thy seruauntes sake, euen according to thine owne heart, hast thou done all this magnificence, to shewe all great thinges.
20 Lord there is none like thee, neither is there any God saue thou, according to al that we haue hearde with our eares.
21 Moreouer, what nation on the earth [unspec D] is like thy people Israel, to whom God hath vouchsafed to come and redeeme them to be his owne people, and to make thee a name of excellencie & terriblenes, with casting out nations from before the people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?
22 Thy people of Israel diddest thou make thyne owne people for euer, and thou becamest their God.
23 Therfore now Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy ser∣uaunt & his house, be true for euer, that thou Lord do as thou hast sayde:
24 Let it come to passe, that thy name may be magnified for euer, that it may be said, The Lord of hoastes is the God of Israel, euen the God of Israel, and the house of Dauid thy seruaunt endu∣reth stable before thee.
25 For thou O my God, hast tolde thy ser∣uaunt that thou wilt buylde him an house, and therefore thy seruaunt hath founde in his heart to pray before thee.
26 And now Lorde, thou art God, & hast promised this goodnes vnto thy seruaūt
27 Nowe therefore let it be thy pleasure to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it may continue before thee for euer: For whom thou blessest O Lorde, the same is blessed for euer.