28. I also will set him as firstborn— the highest of the kings of earth.
29. I will maintain My love for him forever, and My covenant with him will be firm.
30. His seed I will establish forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
31. If his sons forsake My Torah, and do not walk in My judgments,
32. if they violate My decrees, and do not keep My mitzvot,
33. then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with flogging.
34. But I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, nor will I betray My faithfulness.
35. I will not violate My covenant, nor alter what My lips have uttered.
36. Once for all I have sworn by My holiness —surely I will not lie to David—
37. his descendants will endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me,