Much agree . . . except about the chastening . . .
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessings
He chastens and hastens His will to make known
The wicked oppressing, now cease from distressing
Sing praises to His name, He forgets not His own.
We are creatures that, left to our own devices, tend towards evil. The reason the Lord chastens and hastens us is to help us so we don't stray and to learn to lean upon Him. It is BECAUSE of His great love for us that He chastens and hastens us, for through this we grow in the likeness of Christ.
As the Psalmist states, "His rod and His staff, they guide us."