Psalm 88:20–38

²⁰Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

²¹I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

²²For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.

²³The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.

²⁴And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.

²⁵And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁶And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁷He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

²⁸And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

²⁹I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

³⁰And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.

³¹And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

³²If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:

³³I will visit their iniquities with a rod and their sins with stripes.

³⁴But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

³⁵Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

³⁶Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

³⁷His seed shall endure for ever.

³⁸And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.