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All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
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The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
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All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.
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“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
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But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?
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My companion laid hands on a friend and violated a covenant with me
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Psalm 60
Prayer for National Victory after Defeat
To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us!
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Have regard for your covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.
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They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to walk according to his law.
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Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.
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Psalm 80
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
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They conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant—
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Psalm 89
God’s Covenant with David
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
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You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to my servant David:
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Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him, and my covenant with him will stand firm.
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I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
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You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
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to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
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He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
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the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
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which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
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For their sake he remembered his covenant and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
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He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.
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He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name.
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If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them, their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne.”