uW Translation Notes:

Connecting Statement:

Connecting Statement:

King Solomon continues praying.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) carry out what you have promised

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now YHWH god_of Yisrael keep to,servant_of,your Dāvid father_of,my DOM which/who promised for=him/it to=say not lack to/for=yourself(m) (a)_man from,before,face_of,me sit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of Yisrael only if keep descendants_of,your DOM way_of,their to=go in,law_of,my just=as walked before,,me )

This is a request. To carry out what one has said is an idiom meaning to do what one has said. Alternate translation: [please do what you have promised]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) You will not fail to have a man

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now YHWH god_of Yisrael keep to,servant_of,your Dāvid father_of,my DOM which/who promised for=him/it to=say not lack to/for=yourself(m) (a)_man from,before,face_of,me sit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of Yisrael only if keep descendants_of,your DOM way_of,their to=go in,law_of,my just=as walked before,,me )

God speaking in terms of David having a man implies that the man would be a descendant of David. This can be stated positively. Alternate translation: [you will always have a descendant] (See also: figs-doublenegatives)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now YHWH god_of Yisrael keep to,servant_of,your Dāvid father_of,my DOM which/who promised for=him/it to=say not lack to/for=yourself(m) (a)_man from,before,face_of,me sit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of Yisrael only if keep descendants_of,your DOM way_of,their to=go in,law_of,my just=as walked before,,me )

The phrase “in my sight” here implies that God would choose the man and the man would want to obey God.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) to sit on the throne of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now YHWH god_of Yisrael keep to,servant_of,your Dāvid father_of,my DOM which/who promised for=him/it to=say not lack to/for=yourself(m) (a)_man from,before,face_of,me sit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of Yisrael only if keep descendants_of,your DOM way_of,their to=go in,law_of,my just=as walked before,,me )

The throne is a metonym for the activity of the one who sits on the throne. Alternate translation: [to rule over Israel]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) to walk in my law, as you have walked before me

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now YHWH god_of Yisrael keep to,servant_of,your Dāvid father_of,my DOM which/who promised for=him/it to=say not lack to/for=yourself(m) (a)_man from,before,face_of,me sit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of Yisrael only if keep descendants_of,your DOM way_of,their to=go in,law_of,my just=as walked before,,me )

The way a person behaves is spoken of as if that person were walking on a path. Alternate translation: [to obey my law, as you have obeyed me] or [to be faithful to my law as you have been faithful to me]