Verse 3. Surely I will not come ] This must refer to the situation of the temple; or, as we would express it, he would not pass another day till he had found out the ground on which to build the temple, and projected the plan, and devised ways and means to execute it. And we find that he would have acted in all things according to his oath and vow, had God permitted him. But even after the Lord told him that Solomon, not he, should build the house he still continued to show his good will by collecting treasure and materials for the building, all the rest of his life.
Verses 1-10 - David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning to fix upo work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know not what day may bring forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our own hearts made a habitation of God through the Spirit. He prays that God would take up his dwelling in the habitation he ha built; that he would give grace to the ministers of the sanctuary to d their duty. David pleads that he was the anointed of the Lord, and thi he pleads as a type of Christ, the great Anointed. We have no merit of our own to plead; but, for His sake, in whom there is a fulness of merit, let us find favour. And every true believer in Christ, is a anointed one, and has received from the Holy One the oil of true grace The request is, that God would not turn away, but hear and answer their petitions for his Son's sake.
