⁸ And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

⁵ And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

⁸ Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

⁹ And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

⁷ And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

⁸ I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.

⁵¹ Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

¹ Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

²³ So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

¹³ For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.

²⁰ I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

²¹ My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.

²² The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

²³ I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

²⁴ But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

²⁵ I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶ He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

²⁷ And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

³ Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.