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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God,.... In his name, nature, persons, and perfections, purposes, promises, and works: for [there is] none like thee; for his essence and attributes, for his greatness and goodness, for what he is in himself, for what he is to his people, and has done for them: neither [is there any] God beside thee; there is but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel,.... For the knowledge and worship of the true God among them, for laws and or given them, and for blessings of goodness bestowed upon them: whom God went to redeem for a people to himself; the words are plural, "whom the gods went to redeem"; the Targum is, "they that were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemest to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever,.... So long as they were obedient to him, and observed his laws and statutes, and abode by his worship and ordinances, otherwise he would write a "loammi" on them, as he has, see Hosea 1:9; and thou, Lord, art become their God; their covenant God, they having...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And now, O Lord God,.... From confessions of unworthiness, and of the goodness of God, and a recital of favours conferred on him and the people of Israel, David proceeds to petitions: the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish [it] for ever: he prays for the sure performance of the promise of God...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And let thy name be magnified for ever,.... David desired the performance of the above things not so much for his own sake, and for the sake of his family, as for the glory of God; his great concern was, that God might be magnified, and his greatness displayed, in making him and his family great; and particularly that he might be magnified and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And let thy name be magnified for ever,- Or, “be greatened”-be made great “for ever.” Notice the way David returns to God the words that were addressed to himself. The Lord said to him, “I have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great that are in the earth;” so David replies, “Let thy name be made great for ever. Thou, Jehovah of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel,- Notice how the name of the Lord seems to grow in this chapter until here it comes to its full force, and dignity, and majesty: “Thou, O Jehovah of hosts, God of Israel,”-
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel,.... As he is called in 2 Samuel 7:26: hast revealed to thy servant; which he otherwise could not have known: saying, I will build thee an house; see 2 Samuel 7:11; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee; found his heart disposed to this service, or found freedom and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. That is the best place to find a prayer,-in your heart; no prayer comes up before God, with acceptance, but that which comes out of the very heart, which should be like the sacred ark of old, wherein were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And now, O Lord God, thou [art] that God,.... Who is the Lord of hosts, and the God of Israel, that has promised and is able to perform, and is faithful to his promise: and thy words be true; are truly, punctually, and faithfully performed, never fail: and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant; concerning building and establishing his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: There is that grand pleading again: “Thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it.” If you can...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,.... Not according to the merits of him or his family, but according to the sovereign will and pleasure of God; the Targum is, begin and bless; let the promised blessings begin to descend, that there may be some appearance of the performance of the promise, which may give...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou, O lord GOD, hast spoken it: How he dwells on it! 2Sa_7:29. And with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. Now let us read two of our Lord’s parables concerning prayer. (See Luk_18:1-14.) This exposition consisted of readings from 2Sa_7:18-29; and Luk_18:1-14.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.