Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
36 His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before Me;
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
vv.34-37
Read chapter 89
This chapter speaks a lot about David, the one whom the Lord sought out and anointed (verse 20). The covenant that the Lord made with David is reminded here by the psalmist and pleads with God to be remembered at the beginning of the chapter. The Lord then answers of His faithfulness towards not only the nation of Israel but His promise to David specifically.
David and the Lord had a special relationship due to David's humbleness and faith and therefore God gave him the promise that he shall have a throne forever. Yes this speaks of Jesus Christ who was born as a babe in the line of David, but also speaks literally of David. He too will be exalted on a throne, a place of authority, in the future kingdom as we read in other passages as well in scripture (i.e. Ezekiel 34 & 37).
Look though at the charateristics and promises of the Lord; they are firm and true.
- He will not break His covenant, vow, promise
- He doesn't change His wording as a deception
- He won't lie
"Alterations and afterthoughts belong to short sighted beings who meet with unexpected events which operate upon them to change their minds, but the Lord who sees everything from the beginning has no such reason for shifting his ground" (Spurgeon).
What more confidence than these characteristic do you need in a god?
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