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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 29:10	Strong Concordance	Wherefore David [01732] blessed [01288] the LORD [03068] before [05869] all the congregation [06951]: and David [01732] said [0559], Blessed [01288] be thou, LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] our father [01], for [05704] ever [05769] and ever [05769].
	King James	Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HIS THANKSGIVING. (1Ch. 29:10-25) Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life. Its piety is displayed in the fervor of devotional feeling--in the ascription of all worldly wealth and greatness to God as the giver, in tracing the general readiness in contributing to the influence of His grace, in praying for the continuance of this happy disposition among the people, and in solemnly and earnestly commending the young king and his kingdom to the care and blessing of God.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

HIS THANKSGIVING. (1Ch. 29:10-25)

Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life. Its piety is displayed in the fervor of devotional feeling--in the ascription of all worldly wealth and greatness to God as the giver, in tracing the general readiness in contributing to the influence of His grace, in praying for the continuance of this happy disposition among the people, and in solemnly and earnestly commending the young king and his kingdom to the care and blessing of God.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
blessed Note the order; (Ch1 29:3-8); giving, (Ch1 29:9); joy, (Ch1 29:10); blessing, (Ch1 29:11-19); prayer, (Ch1 29:20); worship.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
David's thanksgiving prayer. - David gives fitting expression to his joy on the success of the deepest wish of his heart, in a prayer with which he closes the last parliament of his reign. Since according to the divine decree, not he, the man of war, but his son, the peace-king Solomon, was to build a temple to the Lord, David had taken it upon himself to prepare as far as possible for the carrying out of the work. He had also found the princes and chiefs of the people willing to further it, and to assist his son Solomon in it. In this the pious and grey-haired servant of the Lord saw a special proof of the divine favour, for which he must thank God the Lord before the whole congregation. He praises Jahve, "the God of Israel our father," Ch1 29:10, or, as it is in Ch1 29:18, "the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, our fathers." Jahve had clearly revealed himself to David and his people as the God of Israel and of the patriarchs, by fulfilling in so glorious a manner to the people of Israel, by David, the promises made to the patriarchs. God the Lord had not only by David made His people great and powerful, and secured to them the peaceful possession of the good land, by humbling all their enemies round about, but He had also awakened in the heart of the people such love to and trust in their God, that the assembled dignitaries of the kingdom showed themselves perfectly willing to assist in furthering the building of the house of God. In this God had revealed His greatness, power, glory, etc., as David (in Ch1 29:11, Ch1 29:12) acknowledges with praise: "Thine, Jahve, is the greatness," etc. הנּצח, according to the Aramaic usage, gloria, splendour, honour. כל כּי, yea all, still dependent on לך at the commencement of the sentence, so that we do not need to supply לך after כּי. "Thine is the dominion, and the raising of oneself to be head over all." In His ממלכה God reveals His greatness, might, glory, etc. ממנשּׂא is not a participle requiring אתּה, "thou art," to be supplied (Berth.), but an appellative, an Aramaic infinitive, - the raising oneself (Ew. 160, e).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Blessed, &c. - David was now full of days, and near his end, and it well becomes the aged children of God, to have their hearts much enlarged in praise and thanksgiving. The nearer we come to the land of everlasting praise, the more we should speak the language, and do the work of that world.

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²⁰ And David [01732] said [0559] to all the congregation [06951], Now bless [01288] the LORD [03068] your God [0430]. And all the congregation [06951] blessed [01288] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], and bowed down their heads [06915], and worshipped [07812] the LORD [03068], and the king [04428].

¹¹ Thine, O LORD [03068], is the greatness [01420], and the power [01369], and the glory [08597], and the victory [05331], and the majesty [01935]: for all that is in the heaven [08064] and in the earth [0776] is thine; thine is the kingdom [04467], O LORD [03068], and thou art exalted [04984] as head [07218] above all.
¹² Both riches [06239] and honour [03519] come of thee [06440], and thou reignest [04910] over all; and in thine hand [03027] is power [03581] and might [01369]; and in thine hand [03027] it is to make great [01431], and to give strength [02388] unto all.
¹³ Now therefore, our God [0430], we thank [03034] thee, and praise [01984] thy glorious [08597] name [08034].
¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people [05971], that we should be [06113] able [03581] to offer so willingly [05068] after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own [03027] have we given [05414] thee.
¹⁵ For we are strangers [01616] before [06440] thee, and sojourners [08453], as were all our fathers [01]: our days [03117] on the earth [0776] are as a shadow [06738], and there is none abiding [04723].
¹⁶ O LORD [03068] our God [0430], all this store [01995] that we have prepared [03559] to build [01129] thee an house [01004] for thine holy [06944] name [08034] cometh of thine hand [03027], and is all thine own.
¹⁷ I know [03045] also, my God [0430], that thou triest [0974] the heart [03824], and hast pleasure [07521] in uprightness [03476]. As for me, in the uprightness [04339] of mine heart [03824] I have willingly offered [05068] all these things: and now have I seen [07200] with joy [08057] thy people [05971], which are present [04672] here, to offer willingly [05068] unto thee.
¹⁸ O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Abraham [085], Isaac [03327], and of Israel [03478], our fathers [01], keep [08104] this for ever [05769] in the imagination [03336] of the thoughts [04284] of the heart [03824] of thy people [05971], and prepare [03559] their heart [03824] unto thee:
¹⁹ And give [05414] unto Solomon [08010] my son [01121] a perfect [08003] heart [03824], to keep [08104] thy commandments [04687], thy testimonies [05715], and thy statutes [02706], and to do [06213] all these things, and to build [01129] the palace [01002], for the which I have made provision [03559].

¹⁰ Wherefore David [01732] blessed [01288] the LORD [03068] before [05869] all the congregation [06951]: and David [01732] said [0559], Blessed [01288] be thou, LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] our father [01], for [05704] ever [05769] and ever [05769].

⁹ Then the people [05971] rejoiced [08055], for that they offered willingly [05068], because with perfect [08003] heart [03820] they offered willingly [05068] to the LORD [03068]: and David [01732] the king [04428] also rejoiced [08055] with great [01419] joy [08057].

³ Moreover, because I have set my affection [07521] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], I have [03426] of mine own proper good [05459], of gold [02091] and silver [03701], which I have given [05414] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], over and above [04605] all that I have prepared [03559] for the holy [06944] house [01004],
⁴ Even three [07969] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of gold [02091], of the gold [02091] of Ophir [0211], and seven [07651] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of refined [02212] silver [03701], to overlay [02902] the walls [07023] of the houses [01004] withal:
⁵ The gold [02091] for things of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and for all manner of work [04399] to be made by the hands [03027] of artificers [02796]. And who then is willing [05068] to consecrate [04390] his service [03027] this day [03117] unto the LORD [03068]?
⁶ Then the chief [08269] of the fathers [01] and princes [08269] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], with the rulers [08269] of the king's [04428] work [04399], offered willingly [05068],
⁷ And gave [05414] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430] of gold [02091] five [02568] thousand [0505] talents [03603] and ten thousand [07239] drams [0150], and of silver [03701] ten [06235] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and of brass [05178] eighteen [08083] [07239] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and one hundred [03967] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of iron [01270].
⁸ And they with whom precious stones [068] were found [04672] gave [05414] them to the treasure [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], by the hand [03027] of Jehiel [03171] the Gershonite [01649].

¹² Both riches [06239] and honour [03519] come of thee [06440], and thou reignest [04910] over all; and in thine hand [03027] is power [03581] and might [01369]; and in thine hand [03027] it is to make great [01431], and to give strength [02388] unto all.

¹⁸ O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Abraham [085], Isaac [03327], and of Israel [03478], our fathers [01], keep [08104] this for ever [05769] in the imagination [03336] of the thoughts [04284] of the heart [03824] of thy people [05971], and prepare [03559] their heart [03824] unto thee: