Nathan said to David, &#8220;You should do whatever you have in mind,<n id="1" /> for God is with you.&#8221;p>

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron.<n id="1" /> Get up and begin the work! May the <sc>Lordsc> be with you!&#8221;p>

I was with you wherever you went and I defeated<n id="1" /> all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.<n id="2" />

You made Israel your very own nation for all time.<n id="1" /> You, O <sc>Lordsc>, became their God.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, my son, may the <sc>Lordsc> be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the <sc>Lordsc> your God, just as he announced you would.<n id="1" />

O <sc>Lordsc> God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.<n id="1" />

And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation<n id="1" /> in the earth? Their God<n id="2" /> went to claim<n id="3" /> a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds<n id="4" /> when you drove out<n id="5" /> nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">David said to his son Solomon: &#8220;Be strong and brave! Do it! Don&#8217;t be afraid and don&#8217;t panic!<n id="1" /> For the <sc>Lordsc> God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple is finished.

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts<n id="1" /> and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives<n id="2" /> I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.