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