² For thy steadfast love was established for ever,
    thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
³ Thou hast said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant:

²¹ so that my hand shall ever abide with him,
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him,
    the wicked shall not humble him.

²⁵ I will set his hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁷ And I will make him the first-born,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.