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22Wherefore 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.

2 Samuel 7:22

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

  • Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

  • Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

  • Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

  • For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-29)

We have here the solemn address David made to God, in answer to the gracious message God had sent him. We are not told what he said to Nathan; no doubt he received him very kindly and respectfully as God’s messenger. But his answer to God he took himself, and did not send by Nathan. When ministers deliver God’s message to us, it is not to them, but to God, that our hearts must reply; he understand…

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