20 Yahweh, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might. Who should not fear you, King of the nations? for to you does it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
I am Yahweh, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known me;
To whom then will you liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? says the Holy One.
To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?
For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, Nor any deeds like your deeds.
> We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days, In the days of old.
There is none holy as Yahweh; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God.
Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.
To you it was shown, that you might know that Yahweh 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.