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2 Timothy 1:10 (NRSVCE) Image Courtesy: Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word
Praises to God For His Covenant and Mercies to David
My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)
I will sing of Your steadfast love O Lord, forever with my mouth I will proclaim Your
faithfulness to all generations. I declare that Your steadfast love is established forever; Your
faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. You said, “I have made a Covenant with My chosen one, I
have sworn to My servant David: I will establish your descendants forever and build your
throne for all generations.” Let the heavens praise Your wonders O Lord, Your faithfulness in
the assembly of the Holy ones. For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among
the heavenly beings is like the Lord, a God feared in the council of the Holy ones, great and
awesome above all that are around Him? O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You. You rule the raging sea when its waves rise, You still them.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. The
heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all that is in it — You have founded
them. The north and the south You created them; Tabor and Harmon joyously praise Your
Name. You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, high Your right hand. Righteousness and
justice are the foundation of Your throne; Steadfast love and faithfulness go before You. Happy
are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord in the light of Your countenance;
They exult in Your name all day long and extol Your righteousness. For You are the glory of
their strength, by Your favor our horn is exalted. For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to
the Holy One of Israel.
My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)
Then You spoke in a vision to Your faithful one and said: “I have set the crown on one who is
mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David with my
Holy oil I have anointed him; My hand shall always remain with him; My arm also shall
strengthen him.
My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)
The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him. I will crush his foes before
him and strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him
and in My name his horn shall be exalted. I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on
the rivers.
My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him. (Psalm 89:24)
He shall cry to Me, ‘You are My Father, My God and the Rock of My Salvation!’ I will make him
the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. Forever I will keep My steadfast love for him
and My Covenant with him will stand firm. I will establish his line forever and his throne as
long as the heavens endure. If his children forsake My Law and do not walk according to My
Ordinances, if they violate My Statutes and do not keep My Commandments, then I will punish
their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges but I will not remove him
from My steadfast love or be false to My faithfulness. I will not violate My Covenant or alter the
Word that went forth from My lips. Once and for all I have sworn by My Holiness; I will not lie
to David. His line shall continue forever and his throne endure before Me like the sun. It shall
be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies.” Now you have spurned
and rejected him, you are full of wrath against your anointed. You have renounced the
Covenant with your servant; You have defiled his crown in the dust. You have broken through
all his walls; You have laid his strongholds in ruins. All who pass by plunder him, he has
become the scorn of his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his foes, you have made
all his enemies rejoice. Moreover, you have turned back the edge og his sword and you have not
supported him in battle. You have removed the scepter from his hand and hurled his throne to
the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth, you have covered him with shame. How
long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long will Your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is, for what vanity You have created all mortals! Who can live
and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? (Hell) Lord, where is Your steadfast
love of old, which by Your faithfulness you swore to David? Remember, O Lord, how Your
servant is taunted; How I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples, with which Your
enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they taunted the footsteps of Your anointed. Blessed be the
Lord forever! Amen and Amen! –Psalm 89:1-52
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