Psalm 89:19–37

¹⁹Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.

You said, “I have raised up a warrior.

I have selected him from the common people to be king.

²⁰I have found my servant David.

I have anointed him with my holy oil.

²¹I will steady him with my hand;

with my powerful arm I will make him strong.

²²His enemies will not defeat him,

nor will the wicked overpower him.

²³I will beat down his adversaries before him

and destroy those who hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,

and by my authority he will grow in power.

²⁵I will extend his rule over the sea,

his dominion over the rivers.

²⁶And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷I will make him my firstborn son,

the mightiest king on earth.

²⁸I will love him and be kind to him forever;

my covenant with him will never end.

²⁹I will preserve an heir for him;

his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

³⁰But if his descendants forsake my instructions

and fail to obey my regulations,

³¹if they do not obey my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

³²then I will punish their sin with the rod,

and their disobedience with beating.

³³But I will never stop loving him

nor fail to keep my promise to him.

³⁴No, I will not break my covenant;

I will not take back a single word I said.

³⁵I have sworn an oath to David,

and in my holiness I cannot lie:

³⁶His dynasty will go on forever;

his kingdom will endure as the sun.

³⁷It will be as eternal as the moon,

my faithful witness in the sky!”

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