Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 7:20
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
20. thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant ] Words fail, and David appeals to God’s omniscience. Cp. Psa 17:3; Psa 139:1-4; Joh 21:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 20. What can David say more] How can I express my endless obligation to thee?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
What can David say more unto thee? either, first, In way of gratitude and praise to thee; words cannot express my obligations to thee, nor my sense of these obligations. Or rather, secondly, In way of prayer, as appears by the parallel place, 1Ch 17:18. What can I ask or desire of thee more than thou hast freely done?
Thou knowest thy servant; thou knowest, either, first, my deep sense of thy favours, and my obligations to thee; or rather, secondly, my condition and necessities, what I do or may need hereafter; and as thou knowest this, so I doubt not thou wilt be ready to supply me accordingly. Compare Mat 6:8,32.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. what can David say more untothee?that is, my obligations are greater than I can express.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And what can David say more unto thee,…. In a way of self-abasement, or in thankfulness for such wonderful favours, or in prayer for more and other mercies; he wants words, as if he should say, to express his sense of his own nothingness and unworthiness, and to praise the Lord for all his benefits; and so large are the grants and promises made, that there is no room for him to ask for more:
for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant; what a sense he has of his own meanness and vileness, what gratitude his heart is filled with, and what his wants and necessities are, which God only can supply, and does abundantly, even more than he is able to ask or think. The Targum is,
“and thou hast performed the petition of thy servant, O Lord God.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
Ver. 20. And what can David say more unto thee? ] More I would say, but I want words, and am at a loss. But thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant – viz., that I could wish I had the “tongue of men and angels”; and that I could gladly grant thee better service than I am able to do thee.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
knowest: Gen 18:19, 1Sa 16:7, Psa 139:1, Joh 2:25, Joh 21:17, Heb 4:13, Rev 2:23
Reciprocal: 1Ch 17:18 – the honour Psa 108:7 – I will rejoice Joh 21:15 – thou knowest
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 7:20-21. What can David say Either in a way of gratitude and praise Words cannot express my obligations to thee, nor my sense of these obligations or in a way of prayer: What can I ask of thee more than thou hast freely done? Thou knowest thy servant Thou knowest my deep sense of thy favours, and my obligations to thee; and my condition and necessities, what I do or may need hereafter; and as thou knowest this, so I doubt not thou wilt supply me. Thy words sake That thou mightest fulfil thy promises made to me, and thereby demonstrate thy faithfulness. According to thine own heart Of thy own mere liberality and good pleasure, without any desert of mine. So far was David, though a very gracious man, from thinking his actions meritorious. To make thy servant know them Thus David expresses the deep sense he had of the extraordinary kindness of God, not only in designing these great things for him and his posterity, but in condescending to make them known to him.