27And I will make him my first-born, highest of kings on the earth.
28“My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
29His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30“If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
31if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
32“I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
33But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
34“I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
35Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
36“that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,