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1Ch_29:14 But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Ver. 14. But who am I, and what is my people?] This question showeth that David had a low mind in a lofty conversation, {a} which is a high commendation.
That we should be able to offer so willingly.] "It is God that worketh in us both to will and to do," {Php_2:13} and he can easily put into the hearts of his richer servants to relieve the poorer; yea, to hold it an honour, as here, that they may be so employed as almoners to the Most High.
And of thine own have we given thee.] Tá óá åê ôùí óùí , as that good emperor wrote about his rich communion table in the temple of Sophia in Constantinople, dedicated to Jesus Christ; that is, Thine own things, and of thine own, do we thy servants Justinian and Theodora present unto thee, O thou Son and Word of God, who wast incarnated and crucified for us, beseeching thee graciously to accept the same, &c. {b} Bernard reporteth of Pope Eugenius, that meeting with a poor but honest bishop, he secretly gave him certain rich jewels wherewith he might present him. In like sort dealeth God by his poor servants, crowning his own graces in them, and accepting them for his own "comeliness," which himself hath "put upon them." {Eze_16:14}
{a} õöçëïõ âéïõ ôáðåéíïí öñïíçìá .
{b} Cedren. Compend.