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

38 But you have rejected,h you have spurned,

you have been very angry with your anointed one.

39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant

and have defiled his crown in the dust.i

40 You have broken through all his wallsj

and reduced his strongholdsk to ruins.

41 All who pass by have plunderedl him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.m

42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.n

43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword

and have not supported him in battle.o

44 You have put an end to his splendor

and cast his throne to the ground.

45 You have cut shortp the days of his youth;

you have covered him with a mantle of shame.q