Psalm 89:18–29

¹⁸because our shield belongs to Yahweh,^k

and our king to the Holy One of Israel.^l

¹⁹Formerly you spoke in a vision

to your faithful ones, and said,

“I have bestowed help on a mighty man;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰I have found David, my servant.

With my holy oil I have anointed him,

²¹with whom my hand will be steadfast.

Surely my arm will strengthen him.

²²The enemy will not deceive him,

and no evil man^m will afflict him.

²³But I will crush his adversaries before him,

and I will strike those who hate him.

²⁴And so my faithfulness

and my loyal love will be with him,

and in my name his horn will rise up.

²⁵And I will set his 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.’

²⁷I will also make him the firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸Forever I will keep my loyal love for him,

and my covenant will be reliable for him.

²⁹I will also establish his offspring forever,

and his throne as the days of the heavens.