19 Once you spoke in a vision,

to your faithful people you said:

“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;

I have raised up a young man from among the people.

20 I have found Davidj my servant;k

with my sacred oill I have anointedm him.

21 My hand will sustain him;

surely my arm will strengthen him.n

22 The enemy will not get the better of him;o

the wicked will not oppressp him.

23 I will crush his foes before himq

and strike down his adversaries.r

24 My faithful love will be with him,s

and through my name his hornf will be exalted.

25 I will set his hand over the sea,

his right hand over the rivers.t

26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,u

my God, the Rockv my Savior.’w

27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,x

the most exaltedy of the kingsz of the earth.

28 I will maintain my love to him forever,

and my covenant with him will never fail.a

29 I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as the heavens endure.b

30 “If his sons forsake my law

and do not follow my statutes,

31 if they violate my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

32 I will punish their sin with the rod,

their iniquity with flogging;c

33 but I will not take my love from him,d

nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

34 I will not violate my covenant

or alter what my lips have uttered.e

35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—

and I will not lie to David—

36 that his line will continue forever

and his throne endure before me like the sun;f

37 it will be established forever like the moon,

the faithful witness in the sky.”g