Chronicles I 29:12

12 From thee wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand strength and rule; and almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things.

Chronicles I 29:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honour come of thee
Whatever of either the children of men have is not owing to their merits, nor to their diligence and industry, and wise conduct, but to the providence of God, ( Ecclesiastes 9:11 ) ( Psalms 75:6 Psalms 75:7 ) so the gods with the Heathens are said ^F15 to be givers of riches:

and thou reignest over all;
govern the world by wisdom, and dispose all things in it for the best:

in thine hand is power and might;
to do whatsoever he pleaseth:

and in thine hand it is to make great;
in worldly things, and so in spiritual:

and to give strength unto all;
against their enemies, and to do the will and work of God; of all which David had had an experience.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ploutodotai) , Hesiod. Opera, ver. 124. see ver. 316.

Chronicles I 29:12 In-Context

10 And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.

11 Thine, O Lord, the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled.

12 From thee wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand strength and rule; and almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things.

13 And now, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name.

14 But who am I, and what my people, that we have been able to be thus forward to thee? for all things thine, and of thine own have we given thee,