📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 29:13
What does 1 Chronicles 29:13 mean?
"Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name."
— 1 Chronicles 29:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!
Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.
Explanation
This brief but powerful verse comes from the closing words of King David's public prayer, spoken before the whole assembly of Israel near the end of his life. In plain language, David is simply saying: "God, we thank you, and we praise the greatness of who you are." It is an outburst of gratitude and worship, directed not at what God has given but
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