Psalm 89:14-37

English Standard Version

¹⁴^(A)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(B)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know ^(C)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(D)the light of your face,
¹⁶who exult in your ^(E)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(F)exalted.
¹⁷For you are ^(G)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(H)horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our ^(I)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(J)the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹^(K)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[a] and said:
    “I have ^(L)granted help to one who is ^(M)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(N)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(O)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(P)anointed him,
²¹so that my ^(Q)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(R)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(S)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(T)faithfulness and my ^(U)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(V)horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on ^(W)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(X)the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(Y)Father,
    my God, and ^(Z)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷And I will make him the ^(AA)firstborn,
    ^(AB)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(AC)covenant will stand firm^[b] for him.
²⁹I will establish his ^(AD)offspring forever
    and his ^(AE)throne as ^(AF)the days of the heavens.
³⁰^(AG)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[c]
³¹if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish their transgression with ^(AH)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my ^(AI)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^(AJ)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(AK)lie to David.
³⁶His ^(AL)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(AM)his ^(AN)throne as long as ^(AO)the sun before me.
³⁷Like ^(AP)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(AQ)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah