Summary: God promises to keep His love for David and his descendants forever, despite their failings. He will correct them but remain faithful to His promise.
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
Forever will I confirm your posterity
and establish your throne for all generations.”
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
and my covenant with him stands firm.
I will make his posterity endure forever
and his throne as the days of heaven.
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
If his sons forsake my law
and walk not according to my ordinances,
If they violate my statutes
and keep not my commands.
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
I will punish their crime with a rod
and their guilt with stripes.
Yet my mercy I will not take from him,
nor will I belie my faithfulness.
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
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