18. because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19. Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, “I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20. I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,
21. with whom my hand will be steadfast. Surely my arm will strengthen him.
22. The enemy will not deceive him, and no evil man will afflict him.
23. But I will crush his adversaries before him, and I will strike those who hate him.
24. And so my faithfulness and my loyal love will be with him, and in my name his horn will rise up.
25. And I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26. He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27. I will also make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28. Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant will be reliable for him.