2 Samuel 7:29 (LSB)

Passage

So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.”

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:27 For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

2 Samuel 7:28 So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your slave.

2 Samuel 7:29 So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pleased", "bless", "house", "slave", "forever", "before", "lord", and "yahweh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pleased" and "bless", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "So now O Lord Yahweh You are...", giving immediate footing for "pleased" and "bless". In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pleased" and "bless" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.