Universal Church of the Kingdom of God work, perseverance and faithfulness to God" will produce earnings for people, a doctrine called prosperity theology, and that a tithe of expected earnings should be given to the Church. They offer the "promise of the psalm" ([[Psalm 23]], "The Lord is my shepherd"): peace, healing, protection, prosperity and favour. A 2015 [[academic paper]] by Ilana van Wyk, author of the 2014 book "The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in South Africa" analyses "Prosperity and the work of luck in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God" in South Africa, where the UCKG has a very significant presence.
Psalm 39 include "Almighty maker of my frame" by Anne Steele. Heinrich Schütz set the psalm in German with the text from the Becker Psalter, "In meinem Herzen hab ich mir" (In my heart I [told] myself), for choir as his SWV 136. Verses 4 to 7 in German, "Herr, lehre doch mich" (Lord, teach me) are used in the third movement of "Ein deutsches Requiem" by Johannes Brahms, for baritone, choir and orchestra. Verses 13 and 14 in Latin are used in the first movement of the Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky. The text of the psalm in English has