⁴⁹ Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

¹⁵ But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

²¹ (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

⁷ I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

⁸ For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.

⁹ It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

¹⁰ But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.

¹¹ Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,

¹² He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;

¹³ He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?

¹⁴ Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.

¹⁵ Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:

³ Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

¹¹ The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

¹² If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

³⁵ I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³ I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;

⁴ I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

⁹ Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)

¹⁰ And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

⁵ Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

⁹ May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,