Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would.

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.