A happy home is still a treasure. We may build homes, establish them, furnish them, but without God there is a sense of rootlessness. We will never really be at home until God is our shelter, our refuge. God is a home for the homeless. God establishes security, belonging.
Life is finite.
We soon slip into the presence of God. There is no way forward beyond the grave for those who are not in the will of God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The task of the people of God is Mission. Favour in verse 17 is an anagram of dwelling place .