20 O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: `I `am' the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God.
Who `is' like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who `is' like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders?
and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great `art' Thou, and great Thy name in might. Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I `am' God, and there is none else.
I `am' Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.
And unto whom do ye liken Me, And `am' I equal? saith the Holy One.
And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.
There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.
`And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned `it' back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He `is' God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath -- there is none else;
Thou, thou hast been shewn `it', to 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.