Psalm 89

Part II

Tunc locutus es

20

I have found David my servant; *

with my holy oil have I anointed him.

21

My hand will hold him fast *

and my arm will make him strong.

22

No enemy shall deceive him, *

nor any wicked man bring him down.

23

I will crush his foes before him *

and strike down those who hate him.

24

My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *

and he shall be victorious through my Name.

25

I shall make his dominion extend *

from the Great Sea to the River.

26

He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, *

my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

27

I will make him my firstborn *

and higher than the kings of the earth.

28

I will keep my love for him for ever, *

and my covenant will stand firm for him.

29

I will establish his line for ever *

and his throne as the days of heaven.”

30

“If his children forsake my law *

and do not walk according to my judgments;

31

If they break my statutes *

and do not keep my commandments;

32

I will punish their transgressions with a rod *

and their iniquities with the lash;

33

But I will not take my love from him, *

nor let my faithfulness prove false.

34

I will not break my covenant, *

nor change what has gone out of my lips.

35

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *

‘I will not lie to David.

36

His line shall endure for ever *

and his throne as the sun before me;

37

It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *

the abiding witness in the sky.’ ”