19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your 4holy one,

And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;

I have exalted one pchosen from the people.

20 qI have found My servant David;

With My holy oil I have anointed him,

21 rWith whom My hand shall be established;

Also My arm shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not 5outwit him,

Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 I will beat down his foes before his face,

And plague those who hate him.

24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,

And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

25 Also I will sset his hand over the sea,

And his right hand over the rivers.

26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are tmy Father,

My God, and uthe rock of my salvation.’

27 Also I will make him vMy firstborn,

wThe highest of the kings of the earth.

28 xMy mercy I will keep for him forever,

And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,

yAnd his throne zas the days of heaven.

30 “If ahis sons bforsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

31 If they 6break My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,

And their iniquity with stripes.

33 cNevertheless My lovingkindness I will not 7utterly take from him,

Nor 8allow My faithfulness to fail.

34 My covenant I will not break,

Nor dalter the word that has gone out of My lips.

35 Once I have sworn eby My holiness;

I will not lie to David:

36 fHis seed shall endure forever,

And his throne gas the sun before Me;

37 It shall be established forever like the moon,

Even like the faithful witness in the sky.”

Selah

38 But You have hcast off and iabhorred, 9

You have been furious with Your 1anointed.

39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;

jYou have 2profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 You have broken down all his hedges;

You have brought his 3strongholds to ruin.

41 All who pass by the way kplunder him;

He is a reproach to his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

And have not sustained him in the battle.

44 You have made his 4glory cease,

And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 The days of his youth You have shortened;

You have covered him with shame.

Selah

46 How long, Lord?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my time lis;

For what mfutility have You created all the children of men?

48 What man can live and not 5see ndeath?

Can he deliver his life from the power of 6the grave?

Selah

49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,

Which You oswore to David pin Your truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants

qHow I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

51 rWith which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your 7anointed.

52 sBlessed be the Lord forevermore!

Amen and Amen.