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You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(z)

I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(aa)

My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him.^(ab)

The enemy will not afflict^[e] him; no wicked man will oppress him.^(ac)

I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.^(ad)

My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.^(ae)

I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.^(af)

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(ag) my God, the rock of my salvation.'^(ah)

I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.^(ai)

I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure.^(aj)

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](ak)

If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,^(al)

if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commands,^(am)

then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows.^(an)

But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness.^(ao)

I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.^(ap)

Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.^(aq)

His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me,^(ar)

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky."^(as) Selah