20 O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal `to him'? saith the Holy One.
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither `are there any works' like unto thy works.
We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 17
This excellent chapter is the same with 2 Sa. 7. It will be worth while to look back upon what was there said upon it. Two things in general we have in it:-
1Ch 17:1-15
Let us observe here,
1Ch 17:16-27
We have here David's solemn address to God, in answer to the gracious message he had now received from him. By faith he receives the promises, embraces them, and is persuaded of them, as the patriarchs, Heb. 11:13. How humbly does he here abase himself, and acknowledge his own unworthiness! How highly does he advance the name of God and admire his condescending grace and favour! With what devout affections does he magnify the God of Israel and what a value has he for the Israel of God! With what assurance does he build upon the promise, and with what a lively faith does he put it in suit! What an example is this to us of humble, believing, fervent prayer! The Lord enable us all thus to seek him! These things were largely observed, 2 Sa. 7. We shall therefore here observe only those few expressions in which the prayer, as we find it here, differs from the record of it there, and has something added to it.