Ps 89:20-33

20Then you spoke in vision;^k

to your faithful ones you said:

“I have set a leader over the warriors;

I have raised up a chosen one from the people.

21I have chosen David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have anointed him.

22My hand will be with him;^l

my arm will make him strong.

23No enemy shall outwit him,

nor shall the wicked defeat him.

24I will crush his foes before him,

strike down those who hate him.

25My faithfulness and mercy will be with him;

through my name his horn will be exalted.

26^*I will set his hand upon the sea,

his right hand upon the rivers.

27He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,^m

my God, the Rock of my salvation!’

28I myself make him the firstborn,

Most High^* over the kings of the earth.

29Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;ⁿ

my covenant with him stands firm.

30I will establish his dynasty forever,

his throne as the days of the heavens.

31If his descendants forsake my teaching,^o

do not follow my decrees,

32If they fail to observe my statutes,

do not keep my commandments,

33I will punish their crime with a rod

and their guilt with blows.