New Revised Standard Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

Contemporary English Version
I will protect it for myself and for my servant David.

New American Bible
I will shield and save this city for my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

I will defend.

2 Kings 20:6 And I will add to thy days fifteen years: and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect this city for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

Psalm 46:5,6 God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God will help it in the morning early. . . .

Psalm 48:2-8 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. . . .

Isaiah 31:5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.

Isaiah 38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.

for mine.

Deuteronomy 32:27 But for the wrath of the enemies I have deferred it: lest perhaps their enemies might be proud, and should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord, hath done all these things.

Isaiah 43:25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 48:9,11 For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish. . . .

Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.

Ephesians 1:6,14 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son. . . .

my servant.

1 Kings 19:11,12,13 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord, overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: but the Lord is not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: but the Lord is not in the earthquake. . . .

1 Kings 15:4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. . . .

Jeremiah 33:21,26 Also my covenant with David my servant may be made void, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites and priests my ministers. . . .