Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 7:19

19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O LORD God : but thou hast spoken also of thy servants house for a great while to come , and is this the manner of man, O LORD God ?

To wit, which thou hast already done for me, as he now said, That thou hast brought me hitherto, i. e. to that pitch of Honour, and Peace, and Prosperity, in which through thy favour I now stand.

Though it was more than I deserved or could expect, yet thou didst not think it enough for thee to give to me.

For many future Ages, and indeed to all Eternity.

Do men use to deal so freely and kindly with their inferiors, as thou hast done with me? No: this is the Prerogative of Divine Grace, to give such promises and largesses as this. So these are words of admiration: which very well sutes with the foregoing and following words. Or, And is this the Manner, or Law, or Custom of mean or obscure men, &c. as the Hebrew Adam is confessed sometimes to signify, as Psal. 49. 2. and 62. 9. Isa. 2. 9. i. e. Is this the manner of mens dealing with mean and obscure persons, such as I am? So the Hebrew, haadam, is the Genitive Case of the object, which is frequent in the Hebrew and other Languages. And this seems more probable, because it exactly agrees with the parallel place, 1 Chron. 17. 17. where the words are, thou hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, i. e. thou hast dealt with me as if I had been not a poor mean Shepherd, but the Son of some Great Monarch, to whom such honours best agree.

Marginal references: Heb. law.