19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: |
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. |
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. |
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. |
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. |
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; |
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. |
36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. |
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
