Psalm 89:20-37

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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)
29 I will establish his line forever
    and his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(H)
30 If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my ordinances,^(I)
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with the rod
    and their iniquity with scourges,^(J)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.^(K)
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.^(L)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
    I will not lie to David.^(M)
36 His line shall continue forever,
    and his throne endure before me like the sun.^(N)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
    an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah