Psalms 89:18-26

¹⁸For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.

¹⁹In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people

²⁰“I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.

²¹My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.

²²“No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;

²³but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.

²⁴“My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honor.

²⁵I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶“As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’