Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty<n id="1" /> and he will serve my chosen one for all time.<n id="2" />

My servant<n id="1" /> Moses is not like this; he is faithful<n id="2" /> in all my house.

<p class="poetry">it will remain stable, like the moon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his throne will endure like the skies.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,p> <p class="poetry">for he refreshes the heart<n id="2" /> of his masters.p>

I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place;<n id="1" /> he will bring honor and respect to his father&#8217;s family.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Ahimelech replied to the king, &#8220;Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king&#8217;s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

<t /><p class="poetry"><v id="(12:1)" /><n id="1" /> Ephraim has surrounded me with lies;p> <p class="poetry">the house of Israel has surrounded me<n id="2" /> with deceit.p> <p class="poetry">But Judah still roams about with<n id="3" /> God;p> <p class="poetry">he remains faithful to the Holy One.p>

Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the <sc>Lordsc> will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the <sc>Lordsc>. May no evil be found in you all your days!

When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a<n id="1" /> covenant with him to give his descendants<n id="2" /> the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise,<n id="3" /> for you are righteous.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;At that time,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, &#8220;the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Indeed,<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has spoken.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the protector<n id="1" /> of Israel, their Holy One,<n id="2" /> saysp> <p class="poetry">to the one who is despised<n id="3" /> and rejected<n id="4" /> by nations,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">a servant of rulers:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Kings will see and rise in respect,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">princes will bow down,p> <p class="poetry">because of the faithful <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.&#8221;p>

You must obey<n id="1" /> all I command you to do, follow my instructions,<n id="2" /> do what I approve,<n id="3" /> and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;<n id="4" /> I will give you Israel.