...shield of salvation ;" and said, •• He is the tower of salvation ;" and in his last words: •• He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered...all things and sure ; for this is all my salvation." 2 Sam. xxiii. The way for a man to be made perfect, is to know the Lord to be his strength and power,...

...interested, entire confidence in God afforded him perfect peace. Hear his last words, " although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure ; and this is all my salvation and all my desire." What entire confidence did Hezekiah place...

...tongue faltered, and he could utter no more ! But John could say, and did say : " Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ;" at the same time, he ceased not to intercede with God for his sou's recovery, but especially for...

...risen Lord Triumphant o'er the dismal realms of death ! 328 For my house is not so before God : because he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure. It has been before observed, that the meaning of these words is the same as that which is...

...the punishment of his sin ? Ah, no ! it is enough for me to know, that my Redeemer liveth ; and, that he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure : this is all my salvation, and all my desire. Blessed Jesus ! assure my heart of its interest...

...confession, with an unswerving faith he predicts the fulfillment of the Messianic hope in the future because "He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure." With a smiting conscience he realizes his dismal failure in bringing to fruition the expectations...

...and, I trust, a very profitable season. On one Thursday evening, having preached from these words, " he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure ; a young sailor came to me and told me that an address delivered on board the Ann a few nights...

...sorrow? Nothing can break the bonds by which our souls are knit with the eternal God. " Although my house be not so with God ; yet He hath made with me an everlasting...although He make it not to grow " (2 Sam. xxiii. 5). Rejoice in all the good things which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Plant thy trees ; be comforted by...

...clouds; As the tender grass springing out of the earth By clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting...and all my desire, Although he make it not to grow. 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with...

...clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God: yet he hath made with me an everlasting...and all my desire, although he make it not to grow." David looked beyond himself and his house to the Messiah as the fulfillment thereof. In Psalm 110:1-4,...