O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
We have here, I. The solemn address which David made to God upon occasion of the noble subscriptions of the princes towards the building of the temple (Ch1 29:10): Wherefore David blessed the Lord, not only alone in his closet, but before all the congregation.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 29:10-22
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart,.... Searchest it, and knowest it perfectly, whether what is done is from it: and hast pleasure in uprightness; in what is done in sincerity and uprightness of heart: as for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; for the truth of which he could appeal to the heart...
HIS THANKSGIVING. (1Ch. 29:10-25) Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life. Its piety is displayed in the fervor of devotional feeling--in the ascription of all worldly wealth and greatness to God as the giver, in tracing the...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 29:10-25