And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?
2 Samuel 7:21 For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know.
2 Samuel 7:22 For this reason You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel 7:23 And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?
2 Samuel 7:24 Yet You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.
2 Samuel 7:25 So now, O Yahweh God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as You have spoken,
The verse centers on "nation", "earth", "like", "people", "israel", "went", "redeem", and "himself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nation" and "earth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 22's "For this reason You are great O..." into verse 24's "Yet You have established for Yourself Your...", so "nation" and "earth" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nation" and "earth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.