Psalm 105: God's Faithfulness

Verse 8: He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations.

The poet swiftly covers the events from Abraham to the migration and escape from Egypt and the entrance into the land of Canaan. This is possible because it is not a narrative but a poem. Poems do not attempt to explain reasons and causes, but rather express the outcome. The poet can include confessions in the poem specifically. The poet confesses that God remembers the covenant made with Abraham and his descendants forever. When reflecting on the history of the nation, why are there no painful memories? Yet, despite the many obstacles, there is a single straight wick that stretches out. That is God's promise and its eternity. It is God's eternal faithfulness firmly embedded in the history of the Hebrew people's betrayals. People confess God's faithfulness transcending time and space of the Hebrew nation. They empathize and resonate with the poet's confession. Only those who have wronged God know God's faithfulness. Only those who have repeatedly sinned against God know the eternity of His faithfulness. Therefore, God's faithfulness and its eternity are realistic. It is realistic because humans who confess it are not faithful themselves.