22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
22 You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.
22 And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
22 You established for yourself a people - your very own Israel! - your people forever. And you, God, became their God.
22 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.
22 You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17:22
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David's purposes; God's gracious promises.
This chapter is the same as Isaiah 42:1; and it is for his sake, upon account of his mediation, that the promises are made good to all believers; it is in him, that they are yea and amen. For His sake it is done, for his sake it is made known; to him we owe all this greatness, from him we are to expect all these great things. They are the unsearchable riches of Christ, which, if by faith we see in themselves, and see in the Lord Jesus, we cannot but magnify as the only true greatness, and speak honourably of them. For this blessedness may we look amidst the trials of life, and when we feel the hand of death upon us; and seek it for our children after us.