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

38 But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.w

39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have completely dishonored his crown.E,x

40 You have broken down all his walls;

you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.y

41 All who pass by plunder him;z

he has become an object of ridicule

to his neighbors.aa

42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.ab

43 You have also turned back his sharp sword

and have not let him stand in battle.ac

44 You have made his splendorF cease

and have overturned his throne.ad

45 You have shortened the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.ae

Selah

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?

Will your anger keep burning like fire?af

47 Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?ag

48 What courageous person can live and never see death?

Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?ah

Selah

49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love

that you swore to David in your faithfulness?ai

50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—

in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

51 how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,

how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.aj

52 Blessed be the Lord forever.

Amen and amen.ak