1 Chronicles 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, ¹  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

1 Chronicles 29:14

29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? ²  Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. ³ 

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ⁴  in the earth? Their God ⁵  went to claim ⁶  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁷  when you drove out ⁸  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

³ tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”

³ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

⁴ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

⁶ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

⁷ tn Heb “to drive out.”

⁸ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”