The Steadfast Love Sandwich

 

Psalm 36:5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you save, O Lord.
7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light do we see light.

David had a way with words. In seeking to describe the steadfast, covenantal love of God for His people, he reaches as high as one can see and lower than one could ever peer. God's love is overwhelming, abundant, and never-ending.  Interestingly enough, David begins and ends the Psalm talking nothing about God and His love, but about the wicked who ignore and reject Him.  David lived in the middle of people who could care less about God- He was sandwiched in by the sin around him.  He ends with a plea to God to keep him being infected by the wickedness around him - to protect him with His steadfast love.