I To wit, which thou haſt already done for me, as he now ſaid, That thou haſt brought me hitherto, 1. e. to that pitch of Honour, and Peace, and Proftperity, in which through thy favour I now ſtand. -m Though it was more than I deſerved, or could expe&, yet thou didſt not think it enough for thee to give to me. » For man future Ages, and indeed to all Erernity. o Do Men uſe to deal ſo freely and kindly with their Inferiors, as thou haſt done with me ? No : this is the Prerogative of Divine Grace, to give ſuch Promiſes and Largeſles as this. So thele are words of admiration : which very well ſuit with the foregoing and following words. Or, And is this the Manner, or Law, or Cuſtom of mean or obſcure ten, &C. as the Hebrew Adam is confeiled ſomerimes to ſignifie, as Pſal: 49: 2: and 62; 9; [a;2: 9. :. e Is this the manner of Mens dealing with mean and obſcure Perſons, ſuch as I am ? So the Hebrew haadam, is the Genitive Caſe of the ObjeA, which is frequent in the Hebrew and other Languages And this ſe:zms more probable, becauſe it exatly agrees with the parallel place, 1 Chron: 17; 17: where the words are, Thou haſt regarded me according tothe eftate of a Mam of high degree, i. e. thou haſt dealt with mc as if I had been nor a poor mean Shepherd, bur the Son of ſome great Monarch, ro whom ſuch honours bett agree.
20 And what can David fay more unto thee p? for || thou LOR D God, knoweit thy ſervant g.
p Eicher, Firſt, In way of gratitude and praiſe to thee, words cannot expreſs my Obligations to thee nor my ſenſe of theſe Ob- ligations. Or rather, Secondly, In way of Prayer, as appcars by the parallel place, 1 Chron: 17: 17: What can I ask or delire of thee more than thou haſt freely done ? q Thou knowelt, Either, - irſt, My deep fence of thy favours, and my obligations to thee. Or rather, Second'y, nay need hereafrer ; and as thou knowelt this, ſo I doubt not thou wilt be ready to ſupply me accordingly. Compare Ma:th: 6; 8, 3 2#
21 For thy words ſake r, and according to thine 2wn heart / haſt thou done all | theſe great things, to make thy ſervant know them x.
y That thou mighreſt fulfil chy Promiſes made to me, by Samuet! and Nathan, and thereby demonltrate thy Faithfulneſs. /'; e: OF thine own meer libzralty and good pleaſure, without any deſert of mine. So far was David, though now a very gracious Man, Tom thinking his ations Meritorious. #2. e: That thy graciousand wonderful purpoles of Mercy rowards me, which lay hid in thine »wn heart, might be manifetted unto me and others, by thy moſt kind words and actions. So it agrees with r Chron: 17: 19.
22 Wherefore thou art great «,, O LORD God: for * there is none like thee, neither zs there any God beſide thee, according to all that we.have heard with our ears x. u Boch in Power and in Goodneſs, as appears by the great and good things which thou haſt done for me. x What we have heard
irom our Yarents, or out of thy word concerning the incomparable excellency of thy Majetty, and of thy Works ; ofthat I have this
day enunent experience. 3B 3
Chap. Vil.
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greatneſs:
23 And
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"7: this goodneſs unto thy ſervant : ) f Thar God who haſt declared thy ſelf ro be 7-aes God, and in particular my God. f Heb: lb 29 Therefore now + let it pleaſe thee to bleſs the of wo houſe of thy ſervant, that it may continue for ever bis, before thee: for thou, O LOR D God haſt ſpoken | it g, and with thy biefling let the houſe of thy ſervant be biefſed for ever. £ And therefore wiltſt certainly do ir, for thy words never fail. HA P43 YVIIL
David ſubducth the Philiſtines and the M:abites ; Smiteth the K.ng of Zoba ; And the Syrians : Placeth a Gariſon in Damaſcus, 1,----8 Tv ſendeth Foram with Preſents to bleſs him : Which, with the ſpoil, he dedicateth to God. 9g, — 13. Smitcth the Eaonaites, and placeth a Gartjon in the:r
Land, 14. David's Government and Officers, 15, ——18. N D after this it came to paſs, that David ſmote the Philiftines, and ſubdued them : and David took || Meth?g-Ammah & out, of the hand 'of the
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damab. a 1. e. Gath and hcr Towns, as it 1s expreſled 11 the parallel! place,
hap, VINL. 84
>» And * what one nation in the earth zs like thy | even like Iſcaei, whom God went y to redeem himſelf, and ro make him a name z, and to do for you great things, and terrible, for thy Jand, before thy people which thou redeemedlt to thee from Egypt, frem the nations and their gods ?
y To wit, into Fzypt-An expreſſion of God after the manner of Men. & To advance the Glory of his Power and Goodneſs, and other Perfe&ions. Compare Exo2..g. 16.
24 For thou haſt confirmed to thy ſelf « thy people Iſrael ro be a people unto thee for ever : and thou, LORD, art become their God 6.
a Partly, by thy Promiſes, and that ſure Covenant which thou haſt made with them: and partly, by thy Glorious Works wrought
on their behalf, as it appears this day. & In a peculiar manner, and by ſpecial Relation and Covenant : for otherwiſe he 1s the Goa
and Father of all things, 1 Cor. 8. 6.
25 And now, O. LORD God, the word that thou haſt ſpoken concerning thy ſervant,and concerning his houle, eſtabliſh i: for ever, and do as thou haſt ſaid.
26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, faving, The LOR D of hoſts z« the God over Ifrael c : and let the houſe of thy ſervant David be eſtabliſhed before thee.
c i. e. Do thou never ceaſe to manifeſt thy {elf to be the God and Governour of Iſrael.
27 For thon, O LORD of hoſts, God of Iſrael,
[nonogY haft + revealed to thy ſervant, ſaying, I will build day thee an houſe : therefore 4 hath thy ſervant found in
his heart e to pray this prayer unto thee,
d Becaufe thy P omiſe hath given me encouragement to Pray. and aſſurance of Anſwer. e Or, found his hear!, i.e. taken Cqurage ; asa Man is f1id to loſe his Heart when he wants Courage.
28 And now, O LORD God, ( thou ar: that God *,onn:17:f, and * thy words be true, and thou haſt promiſed