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