23 "And now, Lord, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,
23 Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
23 And now, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,
23 So now, great God, this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it forever! Do exactly what you've promised!
23 "And now, O Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said.
23 "And now, O Lord, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. May it be a promise that will last forever.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17:23
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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.