Psalm 89:20–37

^20yI have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have ^zanointed him,

²¹so that my ^ahand shall be established with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not outwit him;

^bthe wicked shall not humble him.

²³I will ^ccrush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

²⁴My ^dfaithfulness and my ^dsteadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his ^ehorn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand on ^fthe sea

and his right hand on ^fthe rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^gFather,

my God, and ^hthe Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷And I will make him the ⁱfirstborn,

^jthe highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my ^kcovenant will stand firm⁴ for him.

²⁹I will establish his ^loffspring forever

and his ^lthrone as ^mthe days of the heavens.

³⁰ⁿIf his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,⁵

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with ^othe rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate my ^kcovenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^pby my holiness;

I will not ^qlie to David.

³⁶His ^loffspring shall endure forever,

^rhis ^lthrone as long as ^sthe sun before me.

³⁷Like ^sthe moon it shall be established forever,

^ta faithful witness in the skies.” Selah