1 Chronicles 17:16

Sat before the Lord. — In the tent of the Ark.

And said. — Comp. Psalms 18, title.

Who am I. — The longer form of the pronoun I is used in Samuel (’anokhî; here ’anî).

O Lord God. — Heb., Jehovah Elohim. Samuel has “Adonai Jehovah,” which is more original. David addresses God as “my Lord, Jehovah;” just as in 1 Chronicles 17:4; 1 Chronicles 17:7, God speaks of David as “my servant.” (Comp. the frequent style of the Assyrian kings, who speak of their wars as undertaken in the service of the gods their lords.)

Mine house. — My family.

Hitherto. — To this pitch of greatness. With this and the next verse, compare David’s last words (2 Samuel 23:5).