For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.

For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know it.

Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant.

For thy word's sake,.... For the sake of the promise he had made to him by Samuel, that he should be king, and his kingdom should be established; or for the sake of the Messiah, that should spring from him; the Memra, as the Targum, the essential Word of God; and so the Septuagint version, "because of thy servant", with which agrees the parallel text in 1-Chronicles 17:19,
and according to thine own heart; of his own sovereign good will and pleasure, of his own grace, as the Arabic version, and not according to the merits and deserts of David:
hast thou done all these great things; in making him king of Israel, and settling the kingdom in his posterity to the times of the Messiah, who should spring from him:
to make thy servant know them; as he now did by Nathan the prophet, what he and his should enjoy for time to come; so that it is not only a blessing to have favours designed, purposed, and promised, but to have the knowledge of them, to know the things that are freely given of God.

Thy word's sake - That thou mightest fulfil thy promises made to me, and thereby demonstrate thy faithfulness. Own heart - Or thy own mere liberality and good pleasure, without any desert of mine. So far was David, though a very gracious man, from thinking his actions meritorious.