¹⁹ Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones:
    “I set a boy above warriors.^[a]
    I have raised up one chosen from the people.
²⁰ I found my servant David.
    I anointed him with my holy oil.
²¹ My hand is ready to help him.
    My arm will also give him strength.
²² No enemy will take him by surprise.
    No wicked person will mistreat him.
²³ I will crush his enemies in front of him
    and defeat those who hate him.
²⁴ My faithfulness and mercy will be with him,
    and in my name he will be victorious.^[b]
25 I will put his left hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He will call out to me,
    ‘You are my Ab, my El, and the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Yes, I will make him the firstborn.
    He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My mercy will stay with him forever.
    My promise to him is unbreakable.
²⁹ I will make his dynasty endure forever
    and his throne like the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If his descendants abandon my teachings
    and do not live by my rules,
³¹ if they violate my laws
    and do not obey my commandments,
³² then with a rod I will punish their rebellion
    and their crimes with beatings.
³³ But I will not take my mercy away from him
    or allow my truth to become a lie.
³⁴ I will not dishonor my promise
    or alter my own agreement.
³⁵ On my holiness I have taken an oath once and for all:
    I will not lie to David.
³⁶ His dynasty will last forever.
    His throne will be in my presence like the sun.
³⁷ Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever.
    It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.”