That which concerneth me

“That which concerneth me” is a wonderfully roomy phrase. It covers whatever is yours to be concerned about this morning: the unfinished work, the child you pray for, the situation with no visible resolution. The verse claims all of it for one confident future: the LORD will perfect it — complete it, bring it to its intended shape.

The middle clause supplies the reason such confidence is possible: thy mercy endureth for ever. Projects get abandoned when patience or resources run out. God’s mercy runs out of neither, which is why what He perfects, He perfects on a timescale mercy can afford.

And then, honestly, the prayer turns: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Even a confident psalmist ends by asking. It is the believer’s full posture in one verse — sure of God’s intention, humble enough to keep requesting it. You are one of the works of His hands. He has never yet abandoned one mid-making.