20. Then you spoke in vision;to your faithful ones you said:“I have set a leader over the warriors;I have raised up a chosen one from the people.
21. I have chosen David, my servant;with my holy oil I have anointed him.
22. My hand will be with him;my arm will make him strong.
23. No enemy shall outwit him,nor shall the wicked defeat him.
24. I will crush his foes before him,strike down those who hate him.
25. My faithfulness and mercy will be with him;through my name his horn will be exalted.
26. I will set his hand upon the sea,his right hand upon the rivers.
27. He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,my God, the Rock of my salvation!’
28. I myself make him the firstborn,Most High over the kings of the earth.
29. Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;my covenant with him stands firm.
30. I will establish his dynasty forever,his throne as the days of the heavens.
31. If his descendants forsake my teaching,do not follow my decrees,
32. If they fail to observe my statutes,do not keep my commandments,
33. I will punish their crime with a rodand their guilt with blows.
34. But I will not take my mercy from him,nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.
35. I will not violate my covenant;the promise of my lips I will not alter.