O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known.
2 Samuel 7:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because of Your promise and as Your own heart dictates, You have done all these astounding things to make Your servant know and understand. American Standard Version (1901) For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it. Common English Bible For the sake of your word and according to your own will, you have done this great thing so that your servant would know it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant. English Standard Version 2016 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it. |
O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known.
Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.
God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?
to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament,
In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.
Do not be afraid, little flock; for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
Paul, called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother:
So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,
according to that timeless purpose, which he has formed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.