Is this the manner of man - Compare 1 Chronicles 17:17. This passage can be understood as follows: it is the law (or prerogative…

Is this the manner of man? —This clause is very obscure in the original, and little help in determining its meaning can b…

And he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lor…

And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord God
This of raising him to the throne, and settling him on it, …

David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as…