2 Samuel 7:21

“For thy word’s sake, etc.] For the sake of the promise he had made to him by Samuel, that he should be king, and his kingdom should be established; or for the sake of the Messiah, that should spring from him; the Memra, as the Targum, the essential Word of God; and so the Septuagint version, “because of thy servant”, with which agrees the parallel text in (<131719>1 Chronicles 17:19); and according to thine own heart; of his own sovereign good will and pleasure, of his own grace, as the Arabic version, and not according to the merits and deserts of David: hast thou done all these great things; in making him king of Israel, and settling the kingdom in his posterity to the times of the…”

“Thy word's sake - That thou mightest fulfil thy promises made to me, and thereby demonstrate thy faithfulness. Own heart - Or 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. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 7:22”

“7:21 God’s will, rather than David’s personal ambition, enabled David to accomplish great things. • you have done: David spoke of what God promised to do for his heirs over the generations as an already-accomplished fact, showing his unshakable belief in God’s faithfulness.”

“thy word's: Num 23:19; Deu 9:5; Jos 23:14, Jos 23:15; Psa 115:1, Psa 138:2; Mat 24:35; Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55, Luk 1:72 according: Mat 11:26; Luk 10:21, Luk 12:32; Co1 1:1; Eph 1:9, Eph 3:11 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 7:22”