¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[a]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(A)chosen from the people.
^20 (B)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
^21 (C)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not ^[b]outwit 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 ^(D)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(E)my Father,
My God, and ^(F)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Also I will make him ^(G)My firstborn,
^(H)The highest of the kings of the earth.
^28 (I)My 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,
^(J)And his throne ^(K)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If^(L) his sons ^(M)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[c]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
^33 (N)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[d]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[e]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴ My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(O)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵ Once I have sworn ^(P)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
^36 (Q)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(R)as the sun before Me;
³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah