[89:19] In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, “I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
[89:20] I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.
[89:21] My strength will always be with him, my power will make him strong.
[89:22] His enemies will never succeed against him; the wicked will not defeat him.
[89:23] I will crush his foes and kill everyone who hates him.
[89:24] I will love him and be loyal to him; I will make him always victorious.
[89:25] I will extend his kingdom from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River.
[89:26] He will say to me, ‘You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.’
[89:27] I will make him my first-born son, the greatest of all kings.
[89:28] I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.
[89:29] His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.
[89:30] “But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,
[89:31] if they disregard my instructions and do not keep my commandments,
[89:32] then I will punish them for their sins; I will make them suffer for their wrongs.
[89:33] But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him.
[89:34] I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.
[89:35] “Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.
[89:36] He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.
[89:37] It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky.”