Psalm 89:19–37

¹⁹Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones: 

“I set a boy above warriors. 

I have raised up one chosen from the people. 

²⁰I found my servant David. 

I anointed him with my holy oil. 

²¹My hand is ready to help him. 

My arm will also give him strength. 

²²No enemy will take him by surprise. 

No wicked person will mistreat him. 

²³I will crush his enemies in front of him 

and defeat those who hate him. 

²⁴My faithfulness and mercy will be with him, 

and in my name he will be victorious. 

²⁵I will put his ⸤left⸥ hand on the sea 

and his right hand on the rivers. 

²⁶He will call out to me, 

‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ 

²⁷Yes, I will make him the firstborn. 

He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth. 

²⁸My mercy will stay with him forever. 

My promise to him is unbreakable. 

²⁹I will make his dynasty endure forever 

and his throne like the days of heaven. 

³⁰“If his descendants abandon my teachings 

and do not live by my rules, 

³¹if they violate my laws 

and do not obey my commandments, 

³²then with a rod I will punish their rebellion 

and their crimes with beatings. 

³³But I will not take my mercy away from him 

or allow my truth to become a lie. 

³⁴I will not dishonor my promise 

or alter my own agreement. 

³⁵On my holiness I have taken an oath once and for all: 

I will not lie to David. 

³⁶His dynasty will last forever. 

His throne will be in my presence like the sun. 

³⁷Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever. 

It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.”