This poem is based on the story of Jonathan and David.
“And you shall not only show me the steadfast love of Yehovah while I still live, and I shall not die”
-1 Samuel 20:14
According to the covenant
Show steadfast love to me
Whatever comes, do not forget
The oath ‘tween you and me
Though bound by temporal time and space
And brief my life must be
Show all my seed this love and grace
That you have shown to me
For you have been my faithful friend
With love that shall not fade
And also when my life shall end
Recall the oath we made
For surely yours shall be the reign
And you shall have the crown
And when you rise your throne to claim
Your foes shall be crushed down
For surely shall your reign be blessed
With glorious victory
And when on Israel’s throne you rest
Then please remember me
I wish that I could live to serve
Before you in your reign
But even if this shall not be
Our oath remains the same
Please give my seed whatever good
You wished to give to me
That in your reign, my children would
Within your palace be
That though my life on earth will end
My form in dust shall lie
Show steadfast love to me, your friend
Then I shall never die
