Psalm 89:19-37

Good News Translation

God's Promise to David

¹⁹In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants,
    “I have given help to a famous soldier;
    I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
²⁰^(A)I have made my servant David king
    by anointing him with holy oil.
²¹My strength will always be with him,
    my power will make him strong.
²²His enemies will never succeed against him;
    the wicked will not defeat him.
²³I will crush his foes
    and kill everyone who hates him.
²⁴I will love him and be loyal to him;
    I will make him always victorious.
²⁵I will extend his kingdom
    from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River.
²⁶He will say to me,
    ‘You are my father and my God;
    you are my protector and savior.’
²⁷^(B)I will make him my first-born son,
    the greatest of all kings.
²⁸I will always keep my promise to him,
    and my covenant with him will last forever.
²⁹His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky;
    a descendant of his will always be king.

³⁰“But if his descendants disobey my law
    and do not live according to my commands,
³¹if they disregard my instructions
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish them for their sins;
    I will make them suffer for their wrongs.
³³But I will not stop loving David
    or fail to keep my promise to him.
³⁴I will not break my covenant with him
    or take back even one promise I made him.

³⁵“Once and for all I have promised by my holy name:
    I will never lie to David.
³⁶He will always have descendants,
    and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.
³⁷It will be as permanent as the moon,
    that faithful witness in the sky.”