31. if they treat my statutes like dirt,stop keeping my commandments—
32. then I will punish their sin with a stick,and I will punish their wrongdoing with a severe beating.
33. But even then I won’t withdraw my loyal love from him.I won’t betray my faithfulness.
34. I won’t break my covenant.I won’t renege on what crossed my lips.
35. By my own holiness I’ve sworn one thing:I will not lie to David.
36. His dynasty will last forever.His throne will be like the sun, always before me.
37. It will be securely established forever;like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky. Selah
38. But you, God, have rejected and despised him.You’ve become infuriated with your anointed one.
39. You’ve canceled the covenant with your servant.You’ve thrown his crown in the dirt.
40. You’ve broken through all his walls.You’ve made his strongholds a pile of ruins.
41. All those who pass by plunder him.He’s nothing but a joke to his neighbors.