Psalm 89:19–37

¹⁹Of old thou didst speak in a vision

to thy faithful one, and say:

“I have set the crown upon one who is mighty,

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰I have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have anointed him;

²¹so that my hand shall ever abide with him,

my arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not outwit him,

the wicked shall not humble him.

²³I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷And I will make him the first-born,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever,

and my covenant will stand firm for him.

²⁹I will establish his line for ever

and his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my ordinances,

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with scourges;

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,

or be false to my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate my covenant,

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

³⁵Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶His line shall endure for ever,

his throne as long as the sun before me.

³⁷Like the moon it shall be established for ever;

it shall stand firm while the skies endure.”^a [Selah