17For thou art the glory of their strength: And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18For the Lord is our defence; And the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:
21With whom my hand shall be established: Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not exact upon him; Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague them that hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand also in the sea, And his right hand in the rivers.
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
27Also I will make him my firstborn, Higher than the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, And walk not in my judgments;
31If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness That I will not lie unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41All that pass by the way spoil him: He is a reproach to his neighbours.
42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44Thou hast made his glory to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47Remember how short my time is: Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.