27  Also I will make him hmy firstborn,

iHigher than the kings of the earth.

28  kMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore,

And lmy covenant shall stand fast with him.

29  mHis seed also will I make to endure for ever,

And nhis throne oas the days of heaven.

30  pIf his children qforsake my law,

And walk not in my judgments;

31  If they †break my statutes,

And keep not my commandments;

32  Then will I rvisit their transgression with sthe rod,

And their iniquity with sstripes.

33  Nevertheless cmy lovingkindness †will I not utterly take from him,

Nor suffer cmy faithfulness †to fail.

34  lMy covenant will I not tbreak,

Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35  Once have I usworn vby my holiness

†That I will not lie unto David.

36  mHis seed shall endure for ever,

And nhis throne xas the sun before me.

37  It shall be established for ever as xthe moon,

And as a faithful ywitness in heaven. Selah.