18. For the Lord is our shield of defense,and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19. Long ago You spoke in a visionto Your godly one and said:“I have given help to one who is mighty;I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20. I have found David, My servant;with My holy oil I have anointed him:
21. By whom My hand shall be established;My arm also shall strengthen him.
22. The enemy shall not take tribute from him,nor the wicked humiliate him.
23. I will beat down his foes before himand strike down those who hate him.
24. My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,and in My name his horn shall be exalted.
25. I will set his hand on the seaand his right hand on the rivers.
26. He shall cry unto Me, ‘You are my Father, my God,and the Rock of my salvation.’
27. Also I will make him my firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.
28. In My mercy I will keep him forever,and My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29. His offspring also I will establish foreverand his throne as the days of heaven.
30. “If his children forsake My lawand do not walk in My judgments,
31. if they break My statutesand do not keep My commandments,
32. then I will punish their transgression with the rodand their iniquity with lashes.
33. Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not remove from himnor be false in My faithfulness.
34. My covenant I will not violatenor alter the word that has gone out from My lips.
35. Once and for all I have sworn by My holinessthat I will not lie to David: