Catholic Public Domain Version

Psalm 88:21-38 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

21. I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

22. For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.

23. The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.

24. And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.

25. And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.

26. And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

27. He will invoke me: "You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation."

28. And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.

29. I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.

30. And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.

31. But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,

32. if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:

33. I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.

34. But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.

35. And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.

36. I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,

37. his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,

38. and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.