^{26 Ref} He proclaimeth me: `Thou `art' my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

^{27 Ref} I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

^{28 Ref} To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant `is' stedfast with him.

^{29 Ref} And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

^{30 Ref} If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

^{31 Ref} If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

^{32 Ref} I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

^{33 Ref} And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

^{34 Ref} I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

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

^{36 Ref} His seed is to the age, And his throne `is' as the sun before Me,

^{37 Ref} As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.