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