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For your word`s sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
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Grace, Not Merit
Commentators unanimously highlight that God's blessings to David were not earned. David recognizes that God acted "for your word's sake, and according to your own heart." This means God's actions flow from His own gracious character and sovereign will, not from human deserving. As Charles Spurgeon puts it, God blesses us because He is a fountain that must flow and a sun that must shine.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Baptist
For you, LORD GOD, know your servant. For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For your word's sake For the sake of the promise he had made to him by Samuel, that he should be king, and his kingd…
Presbyterian
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…
