³ Incline your ear, and come to me;
    listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    my steadfast, sure love for David.^(A)

²⁰ I have found my servant David;
    with my holy oil I have anointed him;^(A)
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    the wicked shall not humble him.^(B)
23 I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.^(C)
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name his horn shall be exalted.^(D)
25 I will set his hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’^(E)
27 I will make him the firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.^(F)
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
    and my covenant with him will stand firm.^(G)

¹³ For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.^(A)

⁵¹ He is a tower of salvation for his king
    and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
    to David and his descendants forever.”^(A)