Psalms 89:17-40

¹⁷They rely on you, their glory and strength; by your grace you lift us up.

¹⁸Yes, the Lord is the one who shields us, and our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Once you spoke in a vision to your faithful servant and said, “I have given strength to the warrior I have chosen from the people to become king.

²⁰I have selected David my servant, and I have anointed him with the oil of my holiness.

²¹I have placed my hand on him to steady him; and I have made him strong by my powerful arm.

²²His enemies will not deceive him; the wicked will not bring him down.

²³I will wipe out his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

²⁴My trustworthiness and unfailing love will be with him, and through me he will be victorious.

²⁵I will extend his rule from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.

²⁶He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

²⁷I will also make him my first-born son, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸I will love him faithfully forever; my agreement with him shall never come to an end.

²⁹I will make sure his royal line lasts forever; his dynasty will continue as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰But if his descendants abandon my laws, if they do not follow my rules,

³¹if they break my decrees, and do not keep my commandments,

³²I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a rod, and their sin by lashing them with a whip.

³³However, I will not take away my love from him; I will not break my promise to him.

³⁴I will not annul the agreement I have with him; I will not alter a single word I've said.

³⁵By my holy character I have made a vow to David that I will not lie to him.

³⁶His royal line will last forever, and his dynasty will continue before me as long as the sun endures.

³⁷It will continue forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the heavens.” Selah.

³⁸But you have rejected and abandoned him! You are angry with your chosen king!

³⁹You have broken the agreement you had with him; you have thrown his crown to the ground!

⁴⁰You have torn down his defensive walls; you have ruined his fortresses.