For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a
 people unto thee for ever
 So long as they were obedient to him, and observed his laws and statutes, and abode by his worship and ordinances, otherwise he would write a "loammi" on them, as he has, see ( Hosea 1:9 ) ; 
 and thou, Lord, art become their God;
 their covenant God, they having avouched him to be their God, and he having avouched them to be his people, ( Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 26:18 ) .