⁹ I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

¹³ I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

¹ When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

⁴ So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

²⁵ So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

⁴ As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

⁷ May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

⁸ They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

⁷⁵ In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

⁶ They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.