Psalm 103. Psalm 103. Several times from this one Psalm,
the words are found, bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. Verse one,
verse two, verse 20, and verse 22. Twice in verse 22. Bless the Lord, all his works
and all places of his dominion. He has dominion, says in Psalm
72, from sea to sea. His dominion, his reign is everywhere. Well, bless the Lord for all
his works. The work of grace, the work of
redemption. Bless the Lord for all his work. Bless the Lord for all his dominion. In all places, aren't you glad
and thankful that the Lord our God is sovereign, that he rules
and reigns over all things? So it's not anything of a mystery
that the title of the message that I'm giving to this psalm
as it's repeated here four or five times, bless the Lord, bless
the Lord. Now, this is the occupation and
delight of every believer to bless the Lord. And it's not
this religious hypocrisy that you see going on in religious
circles today when out of every other breath, they say, amen,
praise the Lord, hallelujah, brother. It's not that religious
jargon that goes on in religious circles. but this is rather the
heart cry of every believer. This is occupation, delight of
every believer to extol him, to exalt him, to praise him as
he ought to be praised, to honor him, to worship him like we ought
to, like we will someday. You read there in the Revelation
5, when the redeemed of the Lord saying unto the lamb, he is worthy
to receive all honor, glory, and blessing, both now and forever. Someone might say, we worship
and honor and praise and exalt God our Savior. Serve him and
honor him. Someone might say that Those
who are opposed to the gospel of God's grace, they may come
with an argument like this. Well, you give him too much honor,
too much glory. You exalt him too highly. Can
you exalt the Lord too high? Can you give him too much honor
and too much glory? Absolutely not. I'd like to be
guilty of trying to do that, of honoring the Lord. Now some
have said of this psalm, and I read the commentators when
I look at these psalms and ask the Lord to help me and I use
the thoughts of other men to kind of provoke my thoughts and
then cry unto the Lord for direction. But some have said of this psalm,
it is a condensed version of the Bible. For it contains all
the great works of God in creation in redemption, in providence,
in grace, and in salvation. There's really not, in this Psalm,
when you read it carefully, there's really not one petition asking
the Lord for anything. It's just giving thanks, giving
thanks. He has blessed us and we give
thanks. The name of Jehovah is mentioned
11 times. God our Savior, Jehovah Jireh,
Jehovah Sid Canu, Jehovah Rapha. The name of our God and Savior
is mentioned 11 times in these 22 verses. And it's a Psalm that
praises the Lord. Now, we've learned that from
our study through these Psalms, haven't we? These last couple
of years, we've been through 100 some Psalms. And we've learned
that believers like David, a man after God's own heart, you know,
every believer is like David. He's given us a new heart. He's
made us a new creature. And we have learned over and
over again, that salvation is of the Lord. This is the Lord's
doing. Salvation is the Lord's doing.
I like that statements made in Psalm 118. This is the Lord's
doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. It's the Lord's doing.
So with that in mind, let's take a look at verse one and let's
talk about some of these blessings that David praises the Lord for. Bless the Lord. honor, extol,
exalt the Lord, the Lord our God. Notice it's capital L-O-R-D. Remember I've told you before
that that is reference to Jehovah, the eternal, everlasting, existent,
self-existent, self-sustained, eternal God, God our Savior. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh
my soul. Our Lord said to those Pharisees,
it's recorded there in Matthew chapter 15. He said, I hear your
words, what you say, but I see your heart. I see your heart. Bless the Lord, just not with
words, but God not only hears, but he sees our heart as it really
is. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. That's my heart. That's who I
really am in my heart and in my soul. Isn't this our desire?
To honor, to exalt, to worship. I get frustrated that I can't
bless and honor him as I ought to. Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me. All that is within me. Bless
his holy name. His name is holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty, thou art holy. We bless his holy name. In Psalm
111, we're gonna read the statement where it says, holy and reverend
is his name. We don't ever refer to any preacher
as Reverend Jones or Reverend Smith, that's God's name. You
call me anything you want to but don't call me Reverend because
I'll probably say something back to you in a way of correction
and rebuke. But we do as believers, we delight to honor the Lord
and to bless Him. This is a delightful service
and joy of every believer. We do rejoice in the Lord always.
And again, I say rejoice. To bless here is to kneel. And
it's not physically kneeling, it's to kneel and to worship
in your heart. Worship the Lord for all that
he is, for all that he has done, for all that he has blessed us
with, for all that he is now and forever. You're familiar
with this in Psalm or rather in Ephesians chapter one, where
Paul said, we bless God who had blessed us. We bless him who
had blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in
Christ Jesus. Now, three things here. How? How do we do that? How do we
bless the Lord? How do we rejoice in the Lord?
How do we exalt and praise the Lord? Well, it says there, oh
my soul, oh my soul, in the heart, in the heart, that is inwardly
and sincerely, We worship God in spirit and in truth. The father
seek as such to worship him in spirit and in truth. So how? Inwardly, sincerely,
with adoration and reverence of heart. Why? Secondly, why? He's worthy of it, isn't he?
He's worthy of all adoration, worthy of all honor and glory,
worthy as a lamb that was slain to receive all honor, power,
glory, and blessing both now and forever. And when? When should
we bless the Lord or honor him, exalt him, and worship him? Well,
let's turn back to Psalm 34. Psalm 34. Psalm 34, and take a look at
verse one. I will, Psalm 34, one, I will
bless the Lord at all times. At all times, his praise shall
continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast
in the Lord, the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Oh,
magnify the Lord with me, let us exalt his name. Together. Bless the Lord. When? At all
times. At all times. Well, preacher,
what do you mean, at all times? Just what I said, at all times. Bless the Lord at all times. At all times. In the morning,
in the evening, during the day, during good times, difficult
times. When you're up, when you're down.
When you're happy, when you're sad. At all times. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. And all, all that is within me,
bless his holy name. All that is within me. Now, think
about this. Let us bless the Lord in our
mind. Bless him. And think upon him
in our mind, in our heart. by submitting unto his word. Let my thoughts bless the Lord. Let us always think low thoughts
of self and high thoughts of God Almighty. Let us bless the
Lord in our mind, in our thoughts, by meditating upon him. Look
right across the page at Psalm 104, Psalm 104, verse 104. 33 and 34. I will sing unto the
Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God
while I have any being. My meditation of him shall be
sweet. Our meditation of the Lord is
sweet. I will be glad in the Lord, rejoicing
in him. Let my mind bless him. by submitting
to his word. Let my thoughts bless him by
meditating upon him as he's revealed in the word. Let my affections
bless him by loving what he loves. Let your affection be set on
things above, not on the things of this earth. Let my hope bless
him by resting in his precious promises. We have a good hope.
Christ in you is a hope of glory. We have a good hope through grace.
So, bless the Lord. Now, you got a hold of that,
haven't you? Bless the Lord, O my soul. All
that is within me, bless his holy name. The name of the Lord,
who he is. Now, look at verse two. Bless
the Lord, O my soul. And forget not, forget not, forget
not all his benefits. When we come to the Lord's table,
remember what the Lord said, this do in remembrance of me. Forget not all his blessings,
his benefits, his blessings unto us. I'd say you're a whole lot like
I am. Sadly, we often remember what we should forget. We remember,
we hang on to it. There's some things that I just
like to flat forget. Often we remember what we should
forget and forget what we should remember. Forget what we should
remember. You remember over there in Hebrews
chapter two where it says, talks about neglecting that so great
salvation. Don't turn, let me just see if
I can get it for you quickly, where it says, therefore we ought
to give heed, more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,
lest at any time we should let them slip, let them run out like
a leaking bucket. Oh, I tell you, my friend, what
a blessed thing a memory is when it's mindful of the Lord Jesus
Christ and all that he has given, all that he has done for us.
What kind of benefits or blessing does a believer enjoy? What kind of blessing does a
believer enjoy? Everything that God has provided. He's provided Fully, completely,
all grace now and all glory hereafter. Christ now and Christ forever. We enjoy all the fullness of
God in Christ Jesus. Of his fullness have we all received
grace for grace. Of his fullness, what would God
have us remember? His fullness and the blessings
we have as we're found in Christ Jesus. In Him dwells all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily and in Christ Jesus we stand
complete. Complete in Him. Completely justified,
completely redeemed, completely forgiven, completely made whole.
Complete. How complete is complete? Complete,
finished, done. Our Lord said, it is finished,
it's done, it's over. So, you know the Lord, it says down
here, he knows our frame, he knows we're but dust. He remembers
that we're but dust. No wonder he reminds us not to
forget all his, he knows we need to be reminded. That's why one
of the reasons that we come together all the time, as many times as
we come together, as often as we come together, to take the
things of God that we might have our heart, our mind, our memory
stirred, motivated to bless him, to honor him and to worship him. Now in verse three, down through
verse 17, we have a comprehensive list of these blessings. that constantly motivate us,
inspire us, inflame our heart, stir us to bless the Lord, to
rejoice in him, to look unto him for all of salvation. He
would have us look to him, wouldn't he? Isaiah 45, look unto me. All the ends of the earth, I
am God, beside me there is no other, the only just God and
Savior. I'm not gonna try to wear you
out with this, but if you'll stay with me a few minutes, from
verse three down to verse 17, we have a comprehensive list. The Lord gives us a list of things
that we should never forget as believers. I know whom I have
believed. Persuaded he's able, he's able. Who, first of all, number one,
top of the list, who forgiveth. He forgiveth all thine iniquities. He forgiveth all thine iniquities. All iniquities forgiven. Now, there is no doubt we have
all sinned against God. born in sin, shaping in iniquity. We've all sinned against God.
We've all come short of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. We've
all come short. We're sinners before God. We
have all sinned against God. As David said, against thee and
thee only have I sinned. Here's the blessedness that we
can just spend the rest of our time here remembering, meditating,
blessing upon what he says right here. God Almighty, who is holy,
his name is holy, forgiveth all thine, your sin. Sin, transgression, and iniquity
forgiven, forgiven. Turn over here to Psalm 130.
Psalm 130. Sin forgiven. Sin put away. Psalm 130. Look at verse three. Psalm 130 now. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness
with thee that thou mayest be feared. Let Israel hope in the
Lord, verse seven. With the Lord there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous redemption. He shall redeem Israel from all
his iniquities. That's good news. Sin put away
by the blood sacrifice of Christ Jesus. We read in 1 Peter a moment
ago, for as much as you know, and we know this, don't we? We're
not redeemed with corruptible things. Silver and gold, tradition,
morality, but rather with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now this forgiveness and this
cleansing, who forgiveth all thine iniquities, it's continual,
it's perpetual, it's continual, it's complete, and it's personal.
It's personal. It says there, thine iniquity,
it's personal. Personal. It's continual. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's
son cleanses, cleanses, keeps right on cleansing. His blood
cleanses us from all our sin. It's complete, isn't it? It's
complete. He appeared once in the end of
the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. When he
had by himself purged our sin, he sat down on the right hand
of the throne of God. Why did he sit down? Done, complete. And this blessed atonement that
we have, this forgiveness of sin, all, something else. It's all thine iniquities. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities. Not some of them. Not the big
ones and little ones we have to take care of. No, all iniquities. All iniquities. That's the blessed
man. Turn back here to Psalm 32. That's
the blessed man, isn't it? Who is the blessed man? Look
at Psalm 32 verse one. Blessed is he whose transgression
is forgiven, whose sin is covered. That's the blessed man. Blessed
is a man whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity in whose spirit
there is no guile. That's the blessed man. That's
the blessed man. Well, here's the second thing
that he mentions that he would have us bless his name for and
not forget. The second blessing he would
have us remember and rejoice in, not only iniquity is forgiven,
All iniquities forgiven. Can you get a hold of that? All
thy sin put away. Past, present, future. Who healeth
all thy diseases? Who healeth? He's called in Exodus
15, 26, one of his seven names, Jehovah Rapha, the Lord that
healeth thee. Who heals all thy diseases? The only remedy for our terminal
and spiritual disease of sin is the Lord Jesus Christ. He
is our cleansing. He is our healer. How do you heal us? Well, let's
find Isaiah for a moment, Isaiah 53. He took our sin, our iniquity
to himself. He took all of our vile diseases
spiritually, our spiritual sin against him, our sin against
him, that's not a good way of saying that spiritual, but our
spiritual diseases, he taking all of our sin to himself. Look at verse four. Surely he
had borne our griefs, carried our sorrow. We did esteem him
stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. He was wounded for
our transgression, bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement
of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed. Healed, we are healed. Healed. having our sin put away. He's the Lord, our healer. Now,
thirdly, look at verse four. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction? Who crowneth thee with loving
kindness? Now, let me emphasize something
here. Who? Who forgiveth? Who healeth? Who? You see the emphasis? Who? Redeemeth. You know, he's a redeemer who
really redeems, able to say to the uttermost, who redeemeth
thy life from certain and sure destruction. You know, that word
redeem has a meaning of deliverance. He's called our deliverer, who
shall deliver all Israel. And he did. He is a redeemer
who redeems with his own blood. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction. The Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed
us from certain and eternal judgment and condemnation. Now our bodies,
this flesh, will one day die. But you know, we're gonna have
a new body, likened to his glorious body. But our soul at death,
what happens to our soul at death? Does it die? to be absent from
the bodies, to be present with the Lord, to be absent from this
body. What happens at death? Our body
goes back to the dust, but our soul goes to God who gave it.
The Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us from death, from destruction. Our Lord said, I am he that liveth
and was dead. Behold, I'm alive forevermore. Our bodies will
die, but we shall never perish. See? redeemed our soul from destruction. He redeemed us from the curse
of the law, hadn't he? Being made a curse for us. I
like what Job said. I know my Redeemer liveth. He liveth, he liveth. He has
redeemed us from the judgment of sin by being made sin for
us. There is therefore now no condemnation
to those who were in Christ Jesus. And he has redeemed us not only
soul and spirit, but he has redeemed our body as well. Preacher, what
do you mean? We're gonna have a new body.
He's gonna change our vile body. He's able to change our vile
body and make it, fashion it like unto his glorious body. We're gonna have a new body to
enjoy that new heaven and a new earth. He has redeemed us from
the grave. Our Lord said, because I live,
you shall live. So, forget not his benefits,
who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases,
who redeems thy life from destruction, who crowneth thee. He crowns
thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. Who crowneth
thee? Christ crowns us with his loving
kindness and with his tender mercy. Whenever I think of that
word loving kindness, turn over here to Psalm 51. I think of
what David says over here in Psalm 51 verse one. Have mercy
upon me, O God. according to thy loving kindness,
according to the multitude of thy tender mercy, blot out my
transgression, wash me throughly from my iniquities and my sin,
for I acknowledge my transgression and my sin is before me. Lord,
cleanse me from my sin. Cleanse me and crown me with
your loving kindness. He has crowned us in that He
has redeemed us, made us kings and priests unto our God. Our
crowns are not gold, are they? Glory. He's crowned us with glory. Our crowns are not earthly robes,
are they? Our crowns are not earthly robes,
but rather He has clothed us with the robe of His very righteousness. He had clothed us, it says in
Isaiah 63, with the garments of salvation. I like what it says in Revelation
chapter four, it says, we'll cast our crown before his throne,
bow and worship before him, who redeemed thy life from destruction,
who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.
You kind of get the idea that salvation's of the Lord, don't
you? And bless the Lord, O my soul, who satisfies thy mouth,
satisfies your appetite. O taste and see, the Lord is
gracious, who satisfies thy mouth with good things, so that thy
youth is renewed like the eagles. Satisfies us with good things,
good things, great things. The gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ is indeed full of good things we enjoy. The gospel is
good news, good things, good news. You know who it's good
news to? The guilty, the guilty. Mercy's for the miserable, grace
is for the guilty. He's freely blessed us with all
things. Who satisfies thy mouth with
good things. God who spared not his own son
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us most things? All things. Now, I say those
things on purpose just to kind of catch your attention. He doesn't
just bless us and freely give us with most things. He gives
us all things freely. Justify, one of my favorite verses
in all God's Word, one of them I've said, justified freely by
his grace. This is redemption that is in
the Lord Jesus Christ. Justified freely. He's blessed
us. He's satisfied us with good things. The gospel is full of good things. Press down and running over.
Good things of grace. So much so that we are renewed. We are renewed. The good things
of the gospel renew us. New covenant. He makes us new
creatures in Christ Jesus. If any man be in Christ, he's
a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold,
all things have been made new. The outward man is perishing,
isn't it? But the inward man is renewed
day by day. Look at this scripture over here
in Ephesians chapter three. Ephesians chapter three. You know, when we talk about strength,
being strong and having strength in the Lord, in Ephesians chapter
three, look at this carefully here. It says in verse 14, Ephesians
three, for this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth
is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of
his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the
inner man, in that new man. in that renewed new nature. We've
been partakers of a divine nature. Now, one other scripture on that
that might help us to understand what he's saying, look back at
2 Corinthians chapter four. 2 Corinthians chapter four. So when Paul prays for the church
there in Ephesus where he says, I bow the knee and pray for you
that you would be strengthened He doesn't really pray for the
strength being strengthened for this old fleshly man, this old
fleshly nature, but rather that you would be strengthened inwardly
in that spiritual nature, in that new nature that we might
grow in grace and the knowledge of Christ. Now look what it says
over here in 2 Corinthians 4. Verse 15, for all things are
for your sake that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving
of many. 2 Corinthians 4, 15. Redound to the glory of God,
for which cause we faint not, though the outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Day by day, we grow
in grace and in the knowledge of Christ. Now, wash your ears
out with this. God's people grow old and weary
in body. We do. We do. When I've seen, run into some
folks I haven't seen for a long time, they look at me and say,
Brother Tom, what happened? What happened to you? You know,
I'm, this old house is, this old body's frail, weak. God's people grow old and weary
in body, but they never grow weary of the gospel of God and
grace. It's new and refreshing and reviving
more now than when I first believed. That's what growth in grace is
all about. Growing less and less and less,
we think less of our, here's what John says. He must increase. I must decrease. I must decrease. You see, the
believer never wearies of hearing the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. I realize this body is frail. He says in this text that
the Lord remembers our frame. He knows that we are but dust.
But that inward man is renewed day by day. He's strengthened.
That's why he said, desire the sincere milk of the word. And
that's what believers do, that we might grow thereby. Grow in
grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Look at
verse six back in our text. The Lord executeth righteousness
and judgment for all that are oppressed, sinners. This word
here, executeth, is accomplish. The Lord does accomplish righteousness
and judgment for all of his covenant people. Righteousness and judgment appointed,
accomplished, and bestowed in Christ Jesus. Righteousness. The Lord has accomplished righteousness
for us by his obedience. By one man's disobedience, many
were made sinners, By the obedience of another shall many be made
righteous. The Lord accomplish righteousness
for us and he freely gives it to us. Blessed is the man whom
the Lord imputes righteousness without work and judgment. The
Lord has executed judgment for his covenant people. How's he
executed judgment? Look at the cross, look at the
cross. What happened at Calvary that
day? Judgment, judgment. Judgment on account of somebody's
sin. Now the Lord had no sin of his
own, knew no sin, did no sin. But the Lord laid on him our
iniquity. God made him to be sin for us.
And where sin was found, what happened? Judgment fell. The
wrath of God fell. And my friend, he put away sin
by the sacrifice of himself. Now, look at verse seven in our
text. Now, who knows about sin forgiven,
being healed, being redeemed, being satisfied, being renewed?
Who knows about having sin judged in Christ? Who knows about having
righteousness established in the Lord Jesus Christ? Who knows
all about this? Look at verse seven. He made
known. his ways of mercy, revealed his
ways of mercy unto Moses, unto his people, unto Moses, believers
like Moses. Moses, our Lord said, wrote of
me. Had you believed Moses, you would
have believed me, for he wrote about me. The Lord made known,
revealed unto Moses the way of mercy, the way of grace, his
acts unto the children of Israel. When they saw God acting in strict,
holy justice, all they saw was the wrath of God, the wrath of
God. There was no revelation to them
of God's mercy and grace in Christ Jesus. He made known his way
to Moses. And that's what he does to us
in mercy, through the preaching of the gospel. You know what
he does? He makes his way known unto us. through the preaching
of the gospel. He hid these things from the
wise and prudent and has revealed them unto babes. Now, let me see if I can tell
you a story that'll help you remember verse seven. Back years
ago when Pastor Mahan was just a young lad, maybe in his 20s,
maybe in his early 30s, he had a, preacher friend, it was an old,
wise, veteran preacher of God's grace. His name was Ralph Barnard.
Many of you have listened to his sermons. Brother Mahan was
sitting with Brother Barnard one time, and they were sitting
down front in a worship service, and they were getting ready for
the worship service, and Barnard reached over and gave him one
of those in the ribs. He said, hey, he called him Mahan.
He said, hey, Mahan, He said, do you ever notice verse seven
there in Psalm 103? He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the children of Israel. Sovereign mercy, sovereign grace. Well, I've never forgot that,
and every time I read that verse, I think about that elbow in the
rib. Mayhem, you ever seen this? Maybe
God will be pleased to make his way known unto us. Christ who
is the way, the truth, the life. Now, let's read on. I'm not gonna be able to finish
this Psalm, but again, thinking about the Lord's mercy unto us
and blessing the Lord. Look at verse eight down through
verse 12. The Lord is merciful and gracious. Grace, his unmerited favor. Mercy,
not giving me what I do deserve. Grace, God graciously showing
favor and granting and giving me all blessings in Christ Jesus.
The Lord is merciful. The Lord is gracious. He's slow
to anger. He's long-suffering. He's plenteous
in mercy. He will not always chide, neither
will He keep His anger forever. Now here's mercy and grace revealed. He hath not dealt with us after
our sin, nor did He reward us according
to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above
the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As
far as the east is from the west, That's a fair piece, isn't it?
As far as the East is from the West. So far hath He removed
our transgressions from us. Why? The Lord is merciful. The
Lord is gracious. As far as the East is from the
West. He so far removed our sin by His sovereign mercy, His sovereign
grace, that He says in the book of God, their sin and their iniquity
will I remember no more. cast behind God's back as far
as the east is from the west. He's removed. Who forgiveth all
thine iniquities, who removed all thy transgression from us. He's the father that pities his
children. The Lord pitieth them that fear
him This fear here is not a slavish fear, it's a holy reverent fear. It's that fear that God said,
I will be their God and they shall be my people. I will give
them one way and one heart and I'll teach them to fear the Lord. I put my fear in their heart.
So the Lord pitieth them that fear him, those that believe
him. He knows our frame. He knows,
he remembers that we are but dust. As for man, his days are
as grass, as the flower of the field, as grass, as the flower
of the field. So it flourishes, the wind passes
over it, it's gone. The place thereof shall know
it no more. But, there's that key word in scripture, but God
who is rich in mercy for his great love with, wherewith he
loved us. But the mercy of the Lord, the mercy of the Lord, is from
everlasting to everlasting. You know, he's the everlasting
God. It says in Psalm 90 or 91, from everlasting to everlasting,
thou art God. The mercy of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him. and his righteousness unto the
children's children. Who are those that fear the Lord?
I'll have you turn to one scripture and I'm gonna close with this
one scripture. Turn over here to Jeremiah 32.
Those who fear the Lord. are those covenant people given
to Christ Jesus in that covenant of grace. Jeremiah 32, 38. Jeremiah 32, 38. They shall be
my people. I will be their God. I'll give
them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever. for
the good of them and the children after them and their children
after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them. I will not
turn away from them to do them good. I'll put my fear in their
heart. They shall not depart from me. I will be their God and they shall
be my people.