12 bWhen your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, cI will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body,1 and I will establish his kingdom. 13 dHe shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the ethrone of his kingdom forever. 14 fI will be to him a gfather, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, has I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.2 Your throne shall be established forever.’”
3 You have said, e“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have fsworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring gforever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
19 Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,1 and said:
“I have granted help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 sI have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have tanointed him,
21 so that my hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
uthe wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 vI will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my wFather,
my God, and the xRock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the yfirstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 zMy steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my acovenant will stand firm2 for him.
29 I will establish his offspring forever
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 bIf his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,3
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 stripes,
33 but cI will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
or dalter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn eby my holiness;
I will not flie to David.
36 His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne gas long as the sun before me.
37 Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
6 For ato us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon1 his shoulder,
and his name shall be called2
bWonderful Counselor, cMighty God,
Everlasting dFather, Prince of ePeace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
fthere will be no end,
on the gthrone of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with hjustice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
iThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous cBranch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute djustice and righteousness in the land. 6 eIn his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
