25. I will set his hand in control also on the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his right hand on the rivers [Euphrates with its tributaries].
26. He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!
27. Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. [Rev. 1:5.]
28. My mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him.
29. His Offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. [Isa. 9:7; Gal. 3:16.]
30. If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances,
31. If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments,
32. Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes. [II Sam. 7:14.]
33. Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie and be false to him].
34. My covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.
35. Once [for all] have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David: