14 July 2025

LAST DAYS SPIRIT OF INIQUITY

“For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness; wickedness] doth already work: only he [the Restrainer- Holy Spirit] who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way” (2 Thessalonians 2:7).

 “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” (Matthew 24:12).

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

Hinduism: Hindu mob beat pastor unconscious, burn Bibles; churchgoers live in fear. “They forcibly entered the church during worship service, carrying wooden rods and shouting slogans like ‘Jai Shri Ram’ [Hail lord Rama].” They beat the pastor unconscious, threatened the Christians, and told them to stop gathering for worship. They broke all the chairs, fans, and musical instruments, then burned all the Christian literature along with Bibles.

Global leaders are working to create a unified global religion that prioritizes “Mother Earth” and undermines Judeo-Christianity. Key players, including the Vatican, UN, and billionaire globalists are driving this effort, which seeks to unite all religions under a single umbrella; the goal is to create a “New World Order” with a “United Nations of Religions.” The ultimate goal is to create a new spiritual and moral system, divorced from biblical tradition, and unite humanity under a globalist agenda, with the UN’s Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals serving as the foundation.

Islam Incursion

How the Left, Islam, & Gulf Money Turn Christians into Doormats (Video). For decades, the American Left has cast Christians as colonial villains while whitewashing Islamic imperialism, jihad, & Sharia. The goal? To invert history and reframe Muslims as eternal victims of Western aggression, even when reality proves the opposite. Nowhere is this inversion more obvious than on U.S. college campuses. Funded by billions in Qatari and Saudi petrodollars, American universities like Georgetown, Harvard, and Northwestern host Middle East studies programs that pump out pro-Islam, anti-Christian, & anti-Israel propaganda, repackaged as “social justice.”

Shocking: Mamdani’s Militant Intern Exposes Islamic Plot to Destroy America from Within, Praises Texas Muslims as a Key ‘Inspiration.’ In a resurfaced video webinar, former Zohran Mamdani intern Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik and her allies glorify Hamas & vilify America as a genocidal empire, urging Muslims to reject assimilation and embrace radical Islamic resistance.

Noticing the Muslim slaughter of Christians is ‘Islamophobic’ says the United Nations. The UN shuts up anyone who exposes Islam’s heavily documented pattern of violence against non-Muslims, including murders of over 1,000 Christians worshipping in churches. If one non-Muslim attack, which claimed 51 Muslim lives, was enough for the UN to establish an “international day to combat Islamophobia,” why have countless Muslim attacks on churches not been enough for the UN to establish an “international day to combat Christianophobia”?

Chilling UK Muslim dating platform encourages polygamy, tells men to ‘strike’ disobedient wives. A UK-registered Muslim dating website is advertising virgin brides to men seeking multiple wives. Videos posted on the platform’s social media channels suggest men should beat their wives as a “wake-up call” for continued disobedience.

And Their Hatred of Jews and Israel

Communist Jew-Hating Mamdani’s Past Coming Back to Haunt Him. New York City’s heir apparent mayoral candidate, Muslim Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani, has a past riddled with communist moves and proclamations, as well as Jew-hatred, that is surfacing despite his best efforts to quell it.

The Climate Change Hoax: It’s Nature Worship, also a Ruse for Global Governance

Starmer signed up to UN’s agreement to raise taxes in UK. UK’s government is endorsing the UN’s Sevilla Commitment, a global agreement that promotes higher taxes on the wealthy, alcohol, and fossil fuels. Essentially, the UN is attempting to fund its nefarious Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals through domestic taxes.

Scientists Playing God

Scientists Are Creating “Synthetic Human DNA,” a move some critics liken to ‘playing God.’

Pervasive Perversion

Trump DOJ subpoenas over 20 doctors, facilities that ‘transitioned’ children. The Dept of Justice announced that it’s investigating doctors and medical facilities suspected of committing ‘gender transitions’ on minors and breaking federal law in the process.

Baylor University receives $643K grant to foster LGBTQ+ inclusion in churches from a liberal foundation. Rev. Denny Burk wrote, “Baylor has been moving away from Christian faithfulness for decades now. But it’s still sad to watch another nail in the coffin of a once great Christian university.” Rev. Matt Kennedy said, “Better the wolf with bared fangs than the wolf disguised as a shepherd.”

And the Abortion Abomination

‘Hands That Shed Innocent Blood’: Abortion Pill Inventor’s Deadly and Corrupt Legacy. Proverbs 6:16-17 states, “The Lord hates…hands that shed innocent blood.” A French scientist, Étienne-Émile Baulieu, who recently died at 98, is being hailed in headlines around the world as “a beacon of courage” and a world-changer, a hero for women’s rights. But his legacy isn’t one that uplifts women—it’s a legacy of bloodshed and brokenness. A legacy of death.

Federal judge pauses Trump administration’s Planned Parenthood defunding measure. A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from enforcing part of a massive tax and spending bill that would block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood so-called health centers. The temporary restraining order by Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts blocks the “big, beautiful bill’s” provision to defund the family planning provider.

And More of Their Depopulation Agenda

Canada’s euthanasia regime already killing disabled. It’s about to get worse. Canada is already killing those with disability or mental illness; thus far, euthanasia practitioners are forced to come up with other reasons for doing so. Over 90% of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in the womb are aborted; pre-born children diagnosed with other disabilities usually meet the same fate. For decades, Canada’s Nazi-style lethal ableism was limited to those not yet born. With expansion of euthanasia eligibility to those suffering solely from disability or mental illness scheduled to come into effect in 2027, that is slated to change: the floodgates will open.

Last Days Traitors and Their Useful Idiots

Dems Warn of ‘Blood’ & ‘Violence’ Over Trump Agenda: Told to ‘Get Shot’ for the Resistance. The “Summer of Love – the Sequel” is ratcheting up by the hour as leftists now appear to be encouraging Democrats to “get shot” for the resistance as they warn of “blood” and “violence” in the streets over their frustration with not being able to stop President Trump.

Their Deliberate Pitting of Nation (Ethnic) Against Nation (Ethnic)

YouTuber Uncovers “Soros Soldier” Behind NYC Color Revolution Operation. Signs suggest increased scrutiny of rogue non-governmental organizations (NGOs) potentially engaged in domestic color revolution operations aimed at sowing chaos and destruction. These NGOs are reportedly backed by left-leaning (often anti-American) high-net-worth individuals, U.S. taxpayer funds, corporate donations, and potentially hostile foreign actors. Sources suggest these NGOs are working in concert with a global ideological agenda — one that seeks to collapse capitalism, usher in a socialist realignment, and eventually impose a tech-driven form of totalitarian control dubbed digital communism.

Their Deliberate Border Disorder and Its Consequences

“We need immigration to compensate for the low birth rate” – IT’S A LIE. Immigration is not an effective solution to population decline, as its champions claim. Contemporary mass migration does little to slow population aging, worsens government finances, lowers living standards, has at best ambiguous effects on national power, and threatens personal and ethnic continuity.

Masked Terrorist Mob Swarms ICE Agents Outside San Francisco Immigration Court. A violent masked mob clashed with ICE agents outside a San Francisco Immigration Court on Tuesday. Fortunately, the agents were able to fight off the protesters. This is the latest incident involving growing violence from the Left against police and ICE agents over President Trump’s immigration policies.

ICE Remains Undeterred in Getting Dangerous Criminal Illegals Off Our Streets. The brave men and women of ICE are under siege by deranged Democrats — but undeterred in their mission. Every day, these heroes put their own lives on the line to get the worst of the worst — criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, gangbangers, and other violent criminals — off our streets and out of our neighborhoods.

Bloodbath in Belgium: 20 Afghan Migrants Clash in Violent Knife Brawl. Throat Slashed, 2 Seriously Wounded, 6 Arrested. On July 7, the shocking incident shows a chaotic brawl. Some armed with knives chased each other in broad daylight as bystanders screamed.

The Plandemic

In the U.S.: FDA now requires new warning on mRNA COVID shots due to heart damage in young men. The Trump administration’s FDA will now require updated safety warnings on mRNA COVID shots to include “extremely high risk” of myocarditis/pericarditis and likelihood of long-term, irreversible heart damage for teen boys and young men up to age 24.

Austrian government admits their covid policies caused mental health problems and tripled suicidal thoughts in children. “The Government admits to massive increases in children’s mental health problems (+57%) and suicidal ideation (tripled), yet Branch Covidians see no fault on their part.”

Economic Insecurity

US Insurers Are Refusing To Cover Climate-Change Risk-Zones. U.S. insurers are rapidly pulling coverage from homes in high-risk climate zones, particularly in California, Florida, and North Carolina. Millions of homeowners are facing nonrenewals, impacting their ability to secure mortgages and causing housing market instability.

Weather Events

All 27 missing Camp Mystic campers confirmed dead after historic flooding in central Texas.
They were confirmed dead July 7 following historic floods that affected central Texas July 4. Death Toll In Texas Floods Reaches 119 As Search Crews Race Against Time. Scores more are still missing as search and rescue operations enter their sixth day.

Texas Flood Risk Through Monday. A flood watch continues through Monday across Central Texas and the eastern Hill Country. An additional 2-4 inches of rain with isolated totals up to 10 inches is possible. Hardest hit areas could see rapid runoff and flash flooding very quickly.

3 dead as record river crest triggers Flash Flood Emergency in Ruidoso, New Mexico. The floods have caused widespread damage throughout the village, sweeping away multiple homes and businesses in the area.

Multiple fatalities reported in Tropical Storm Chantal flooding in North Carolina. Multiple people died in central North Carolina after Tropical Storm Chantal brought a deluge of rain and flooding to the area on July 6. The Raleigh-Durham area saw nearly 12 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, while neighboring areas reported at least nine inches.

5 missing, 7,000 evacuated after record rainfall triggers floods & landslides in Yunnan, China. Record rainfall of up to 255 mm (10 inches) hit Zhaotong, China’s Yunnan Province from July 8-9.

Earthquake Events

From Japan To The U.S – Earthquake Fault Lines Are Awakening. On Tuesday morning, Mt. Rainier was shaken by over 400 earthquakes.  It was the largest earthquake swarm we’ve seen at Mt. Rainier since 2009. The reason it’s such a big deal is because Mt. Rainier is located so close to major population centers that it’s considered to be a “Very High Threat” volcano. Meanwhile, over the past two weeks, more than 1,300 earthquakes have hit Japan’s Tokara Islands, prompting evacuations of dozens of residents from the remote archipelago on the country’s southern tip.

Wars and Rumors of War

Iran’s terrorist regime is wounded, not dead —watch it carefully. A regime already obsessed with regional hegemony, nuclear weapons, and destruction of Israel and America might now pursue these goals with renewed urgency.

Iran targeting UK Jews for abduction, assassination, intel panel reports. A July 10 report by the British parliamentary committee that oversees the United Kingdom’s intelligence agencies, including Mi5 and Mi6, revealed that Iran is targeting British Jews for killing and kidnapping in the U.K. Physical threats by Iranian Intelligence Services (IIS) against U.K.-based individuals has “significantly increased recently both in pace and with regard to the number of threats.”

IAF strikes 100 terror sites in Gaza between July 4-5, including rocket launchers and weapons storage facilities. Also see IDF Unleashed: This Is Israel’s Payback After Hamas Kills 5 Soldiers.

Calls for Peace and Safety

PM Netanyahu departs for US: We are working to achieve a ‘deal on the conditions that we have agreed to.’  Netanyahu said, “There is an opportunity to expand the circle of peace.” He stated that he intends to thank President Trump for standing alongside Israel. He said, “Our joint activity has led to a tremendous victory over our common enemy, Iran.”

Trump prepares to ditch two-state solution . President Trump seems set to ditch the creation of a Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan (two-state solution) when he meets Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House this week. U.S. State Dept spokeswoman Tammy Bruce declined to confirm that the Trump administration supports a “two-state solution” – adding: “President Trump is realistic about the current state of affairs.”

Netanyahu Presents Trump with Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize as Both Downplay ‘Two-State Solution.’ Netanyahu said, “After October 7th, people said the Palestinians have a state, a Hamas state in Gaza, and look what they did with it. They didn’t build it up. They built down into bunkers, into terror tunnels after which they massacred our people, raped our women, beheaded our men, invaded our cities and towns, our kibbutzim, and did horrendous massacres, the kind which we didn’t see since World War II and the Nazis, the Holocaust. So people aren’t likely to say, ‘Let’s give them another state.’ It’ll be a platform to destroy Israel.”

Hebron Sheikhs Make Unprecedented Call to Break from Palestinian Authority and Seek Peace with Israel. Five prominent sheikhs from Hebron formally requested to break away from the Palestinian Authority and negotiate a separate peace treaty with Israel. The letter proposes to join the Abraham Accords while recognizing Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas Offers to Work with Trump to Broker Peace Deal with Israel
Palestinian Authority President Abbas offered to work with US President Trump to broker a comprehensive peace deal with Israel, praising Trump for brokering a ceasefire between the Jewish state and Iran and calling for an end to the war in Gaza.

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14 July 2025

Jeremiah 49 Elam Destruction

Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, has perhaps framed my thinking in this commentary.

He says that US B-2 bombers “need to visit Yemen” after Houthis missile intercepted.

“We thought we were done with missiles coming to Israel, but Houthis just lit one up over us in Israel,” the ambassador noted after the first missile attack since the Iran war. “The law of Yemen is the law of Tehran,” he wrote. “After we strike the head of the serpent in Tehran, we will also strike the tail of the serpent in Yemen” (Rapture Ready News, July 2, 2025).

Huckabee’s words validate that the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran, as it has been termed, isn’t over. This is no surprise to any Bible student who is familiar with God’s prophetic Word. The war with Israel’s surrounding enemies has been waged for thousands of years, and we know from Bible prophecy that the conflict hasn’t come to an end with the B-2 bombers dropping multiple bunker-buster bombs down the center of the mountain hiding the Iranian Fordow nuclear facility.

The leak to CNN and others from out of the Department of Defense claiming that the huge ordnance sent into that facility three hundred feet beneath the mountain didn’t finish off the Iranian nuclear program, whether true or not, has created a strong sense that there’s more to be done to end the Iranian regime’s nuclear-weapons ambitions.

The leakers inside the DOD, who are being pursued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and by the Trump administration, are thought to be of the deep-state variety. These, it is charged, want never-ending war, particularly in the Middle East, to feed the greed of the so-called military-industrial complex. (That, plus the desire to bring down the presidency of Donald J. Trump.)

Some who study Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib perspective have suggested that this strike to rid Iran of its nuclear program was the fulfillment of the following Jeremiah 49 prophecy:

“The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 49:34-39).

The prophecy certainly seems to fit, in some respects, with what the Israel’s IDF and America’s B-2 attacks wrought in Iran.

My good friend Bill Salus, whom I believe has a Holy Spirit-directed focus on the evil in the Middle East against God’s chosen nation, Israel, wrote several years ago with uncanny accuracy about the Jeremiah 49 prophecy.

In this prophecy, Jeremiah declares that a time would arrive when the Lord would be furious with the leadership of Iran. We know this because Jeremiah 49:38 says that the kings and the princes will be destroyed. This most likely represents the Iranian government in place when the prophecy occurs. The Lord would never destroy good kings and princes, so we can safely presume that bad Iranian leadership is the problem.

An example of good Iranian leadership was King Cyrus the Great of Persia, who lived between 600-529 BC. Isaiah 44-45 predicted his arrival on the world scene a century before Cyrus was even born. Isaiah called Cyrus by name and confirmed that he was anointed by the Lord. If Iran’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was a good leader like Cyrus, then Jeremiah 49:34-39 would not be a NOW prophecy. The Lord would be pleased with the Ayatollah rather than furious with him.

But why is the Lord fiercely angry with the government of Iran at the time of the prophecy? The reason is because Iran wants to launch something powerful somewhere. This is why the Lord will break the bow at the foremost of Iran’s might in order to prevent such a lethal launch.

But where does Iran want to launch something powerful? (The Now Prophecies by Bill Salus, Prophecy Depot Publishing, 2016)

Despite the Israeli Defense Force reportedly taking out almost all the Iranian regime’s leadership, and most of the nuclear scientists involved with the weapons program, and American bombers “totally obliterating” the Fordow facility, according to President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, there is growing evidence that Iran is back at it. That is, enough of Iran’s nuclear program survived to begin anew the development of nuclear bombs, some sources say.

Satellite and other surveillance apparently observed a number of eighteen-wheeler-type trucks moving from the Fordow facility just before the attack by the B-2 bombers. This indicates, to those who are concerned, that the ninety-something canisters of enriched uranium were removed to another location or locations. That nuclear material, the sources say, was almost at the point of being usable to construct the nuclear weapons the regime is determined to affix onto the nose of their ballistic missiles.

Whatever the case, it’s obvious that the total destruction indicated in the Jeremiah 49 prophecy against Elam hasn’t yet been fulfilled. The inhabitants haven’t been totally dispatched from the area. The nuclear fallout that many of us think is part of this prophecy that will scatter the inhabitants of Elam far and wide hasn’t occurred. Not yet.

My thinking, as I wrote above, as framed by Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s words on the need perhaps for the B-2s to again be used, is that Iran will again be struck in powerful attacks. With the brilliance of Israeli intelligence and the sophisticated technologies to detect movement of assets, one must presume that if the canisters of enriched uranium or whatever were transported to safety, Israel—and America—know with precision where they now are.

I very strongly suspect that at the appropriate time, if these nuclear materials exist, they will be hit. Could this be when the full extent of this prophecy about Elam’s destruction reaches the beginning of its fulfillment?

—Terry

 ***Pakistani Christian Ministry Need***

The Pakistani minister that you, our RR family, have so generously supported in the past brought to my attention a need in his ministry work at this time.

Prophecy Power: Strength From God To Face Your Future, my Sunday School quarterly-size book, which the minister translated into his Urdo Language, has once again been reprinted thanks to the generosity of a wonderful Rapture Ready friend.

However, the distribution of that little book needs additional funding in order for the continuing delivery of God’s end times Message to take place throughout that spiritually dark region.

If you are able and willing to support this much needed distribution effort, please go to my blog website and see where to send your donation. Any help will be much appreciated.

Here is the link: Please donate to this Gospel witness effort in Pakistan « Terry James Prophecy Line 

This is a vital Mission in reaching out with the Gospel, using God’s Prophetic Truth at the center of the Message. As always, I’m Thankful for you, my Sisters and Brothers, for your compassion and generosity. I know your Rewards will be Great when our Heavenly Crowns are handed out during that Time before the Throne.


Why Is Modern Israel Prophetically Significant?

Most churches today believe that Israel’s existence doesn’t matter in regard to Bible prophecy. The popular message is that the Church is now biblical Israel and that modern-day Israel is no different than any other nation with the same challenges and threats to its existence.

I can think of many reasons why such a dismissal of Israel’s prophetic significance is wholly unbiblical; here are a few of them:

The Lord’s Many Promises to Restore a Kingdom to Israel

The Old Testament prophets repeatedly predicted a future restoration of Israel with a descendant of David reigning over it. In Zephaniah 3:20, the Lord made this key promise to the nation:

“’At that time I will bring you in,
at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
when I restore your fortunes
before your eyes,’ says the Lord.”

At no time since the Lord spoke these words through the prophet have the Jewish people occupied such a place of honor among the “peoples of the earth.” It’s been exactly the opposite.

Notice the permanence of the restoration that the Lord promises Israel through the Prophet Amos:

“’I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
I will plant them on their land,
and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land that I have given them,’
says the Lord your God” (Amos 9:14-15).

With words that can only apply to Jacob’s descendants, God promises a lasting restoration with many physical blessings. How can these words even remotely apply to the church today apart from doing great damage to the understanding Lord intended for them at the time He spoke them through Amos?

When the disciples asked Jesus if He intended to “at this time restore the kingdom to Israel,” He didn’t chide them for asking a foolish question or deny that it would happen someday. Instead, He told them that their timing was wrong and turned their attention to the task ahead for them (Acts 1:6-8).

The Bible Predicted the Israel that We See Today

What we see in modern Israel aligns perfectly with what the prophets wrote about the nation in the last days. God’s Word predicted that:

  • Israel would become a nation again “in one day” (Isaiah 66:8).
  • Israel would initially exist in a state of unbelief (Ezekiel 37:1-14).
  • The nations would seek to divide the Land of Israel and mistreat the Jewish people (Joel 3:1-3).
  • Jerusalem would attract the world’s attention (Zechariah 12:3).
  • Israel would build a temple while still in a state of unbelief (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15).
  • Rather than rely on God for protection, Israel would agree to a covenant with the antichrist (Daniel 9:26-27; Isaiah 28:14-18).

All of the above prophecies align perfectly with what we see today. Israel miraculously became a nation in one day on May 14, 1948, and while many believers live there, the majority of its people still reject Jesus as their Messiah. The passion for building a third temple grows by the day, which the Bible tells us will be in place by the midpoint of the seven-year Tribulation when the antichrist will desecrate it.

As I was working on this article, Israel announced that it had two red heifers that qualified for the purifying of the temple and practiced offering it upon an altar.

God’s Steadfast Love Guarantees a Future for Israel

Third, God’s “steadfast love” also verifies that He has not replaced Israel with the church. He cannot renege on the solemn promises He made to Jacob’s descendants.

The Hebrew word for “steadfast love” is chesed. Some Bible versions translate it as “lovingkindness” or simply “kindness.” The full meaning of the word is difficult to convey with just one word or phrase. It denotes the Lord’s enduring covenant relationship with His people, including His never-ending faithfulness and unfailing love for them.

The essence of chesed is a permanent and long-lasting covenant that depends on God’s faithfulness, not that of His people. The Lord never lets go of His own. In the Old Testament, it denoted the permanence of His relationship with the Jewish people. This does not imply that every descendant of Jacob will inherit eternal life, not at all, but that God will never forget His promises to the nation and its people. The Land belongs to them via an “everlasting covenant” (Psalm 105:7-11).

The Good News for Us

God’s steadfast love for His own is exceedingly good news for us. As saints redeemed by the blood of Jesus, we also have a covenant relationship with God. Hebrews 9:14-15 says that Christ “is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.”

As such, we also fall under the umbrella of chesed, God’s covenant love for His own. In our case, it’s not with a nation or particular race of people but with all who trust Jesus alone for eternal life.

Just as with Israel, God will never let us go; we are eternally secure. Ephesians 1:13-14 says we “were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”

Israel indeed matters to Bible prophecy. We dare not confuse it with the church because it matters in our understanding of Bible prophecy, God, the times in which we live, and our secure position in Christ as justified saints.

God’s love for us is permanent (chesed); He never lets go of His own. He never reneges on His promises to them. Never!

The words of David in Psalm 40:11 apply to all who belong to the Lord:

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love [chesed] and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!

-Jonathan