^{20 Ref} I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

^{21 Ref} With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

^{22 Ref} No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

^{23 Ref} I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

^{24 Ref} But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

^{25 Ref} I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

^{26 Ref} He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'

^{27 Ref} I will also appoint him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

^{28 Ref} I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

^{29 Ref} I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

^{30 Ref} If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;

^{31 Ref} If they break my statutes, And don't keep my commandments;

^{32 Ref} Then I will punish their sin with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

^{33 Ref} But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

^{34 Ref} I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.

^{35 Ref} Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

^{36 Ref} His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.

^{37 Ref} It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky." Selah.