19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones

and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;

I have exalted one chosenB from the people.c

20 I have found David my servant;

I have anointed him with my sacred oil.d

21 My hand will always be with him,

and my arm will strengthen him.e

22 The enemy will not oppressC him;

the wicked will not afflict him.f

23 I will crush his foes before him

and strike those who hate him.g

24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,

and through my name

his horn will be exalted.h

25 I will extend his power to the sea

and his right hand to the rivers.i

26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,j

my God, the rock of my salvation.’k

27 I will also make him my firstborn,

greatest of the kings of the earth.l

28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,

and my covenant with him will endure.m

29 I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as heaven lasts.D,n

30 If his sons abandon my instruction

and do not live by my ordinances,o

31 if they dishonor my statutes

and do not keep my commands,p

32 then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.q

33 But I will not withdraw

my faithful love from him

or betray my faithfulness.r

34 I will not violate my covenant

or change what my lips have said.s

35 Once and for all

I have sworn an oath by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.t

36 His offspring will continue forever,

his throne like the sun before me,u

37 like the moon, established forever,

a faithful witness in the sky.”v

Selah