SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:18
¶ Y entró el rey David, y se sentó delante del SEÑOR, y dijo: Señor DIOS, ¿Quién soy yo, y qué es mi casa, para que tú me traigas hasta aquí?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 7:18
Verse 18. Sat before the Lord] Sometimes, when a Hindoo seeks a favour from a superior, he sits down in his presence in silence; or if he solicits some favour of a god, as riches, children, &c., he places himself before the idol, and remains in a waiting posture, or repeats the name of the god, counting the beads in his necklace.- WARD.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. Then went King David in , etc.] Into the tabernacle where the ark was, which he had prepared for it, ( 2 Samuel 6:17); and sat before the Lord ; before the ark, the symbol of his presence, and prayed, and gave thanks, as follows: from whence it appears that a sitting posture was sometimes used in prayer, of which we have other instances, ( Exodus 17:11,12 1 Kings 19:4). It is said that Pythagoras, and also Numa, ordered that worshippers should sit. So that this act of devotion is not to be limited to any particular posture, though it seems most agreeable either to stand or kneel; and the Jews look upon this to be a peculiar case, and infer from hence that none were allowed to sit in the court but the kings of the house of Judah f125 ; and some of them will not allow that to them, since the seraphim above are even said to stand, ( Isaiah 6:2); and suppose the meaning of this to be only that David supported himself in the court; and some render the words, “he remained before the Lord” f127 ; he continued in meditation, prayer, and thanksgiving, and such like acts of devotion, for a considerable time; so the Targum, in ( 1 Chronicles 17:16). “King David came and continued in prayer before the Lord:” and he said, who [am] I, O Lord God ? a creature, a sinful creature, a mean and unworthy one, undeserving of a place in the house of God, and of access unto him, and to receive any favour from him, less than the least of all saints, less than the least of all mercies: and what [is] my house : or family of which he was, the family of Jesse; for though it sprung from a prince in Israel, yet was but low and mean, in comparison of some others, and especially unworthy of the regard of the great God: that thou hast brought me hitherto ? to such grandeur and dignity, as to be king over all Israel and Judah, to have all his enemies subdued under him, and to be at peace and rest from them, and established in his kingdom; and which he signifies the Lord alone had brought him to, through many difficulties and tribulations, and which he could never have attained unto by his own wisdom and power, nor by the assistance of his friends; it was all the Lord’s doing, and wondrous in his eyes.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-29 - David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection towar God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looke upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can we ask, or think of? Eph 3:20. He knows us better than we know ourselves; therefore let us be satisfied with what he has done for us What can we say more for ourselves in our prayers, than God has sai for us in his promises? David ascribes all to the free grace of God Both the great things He had done for him, and the great things He ha made known to him. All was for his word's sake, that is, for the sak of Christ the eternal Word. Many, when they go to pray, have their hearts to seek, but David's heart was found, that is, it was fixed gathered in from its wanderings, entirely engaged to the duty, an employed in it. That prayer which is from the tongue only, will no please God; it must be found in the heart; that must be lifted up an poured out before God. He builds his faith, and hopes to speed, upo the sureness of God's promise. David prays for the performance of the promise. With God, saying and doing are not two things, as they ofte are with men; God will do as he hath said. The promises of God are no made to us by name, as to David, but they belong to all who believe in Jesus Christ, and plead them in his name __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויבא 935 המלך 4428 דוד 1732 וישׁב 3427 לפני 6440 יהוה 3068 ויאמר 559 מי 4310 אנכי 595 אדני 136 יהוה 3069 ומי 4310 ביתי 1004 כי 3588 הביאתני 935 עד 5704 הלם׃ 1988
