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2 Samuel 7:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them  great and awesome acts,  driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.

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He is your praise and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awe-inspiring works your eyes have seen.


I prayed to the Lord: Lord God, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed  through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.


They are your servants and your people. You redeemed them by your great power and strong hand.


How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the  Lord? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs.  ,


Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed  you; that is why I am giving you this command today.


But I acted for the sake of my name,  so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.


And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased   people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.


He gave himself for us  to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession,  eager to do good works.


to the praise of his glorious grace  that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.


And who is like your people Israel? God, you came to one nation on earth to redeem a people for yourself, to make a name for yourself through great and awesome works by driving out nations before your people you redeemed from Egypt.


When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth.  Then what will you do about your great name? ’


‘I will pass through  the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I am the Lord; I will execute judgements against all the gods of Egypt.


However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power  and to make my name known on the whole earth.


But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.


In this way they will pronounce my name over  the Israelites, and I will bless them.’


You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.


I will take you as my people,  and I will be your God. You will know  that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the forced labour of the Egyptians.


By now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been obliterated from the earth.


How will it be known that I and your people have found favour with you unless you go with us? I and your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.’


You established your people Israel to be your own people for ever, and you, Lord, have become their God.


You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt  and still do today, both in Israel and among all mankind. You made a name  for yourself, as is the case today.





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