3  You have said, “I have made ^ma covenant with my ⁿchosen one;

I have ^osworn to David my servant:

27  And I will make him the ⁱfirstborn,

^jthe highest of the kings of the earth.

28  My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my ^kcovenant will stand firm¹ for him.

29  I will establish his ^loffspring forever

and his ^lthrone as ^mthe days of the heavens.

30  ⁿIf his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,²

31  if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

32  then I will punish their transgression with ^othe rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

33  but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

34  I will not violate my ^kcovenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

35  Once for all I have sworn ^pby my holiness;

I will not ^qlie to David.

36  His ^loffspring shall endure forever,

^rhis ^lthrone as long as ^sthe sun before me.

37  Like ^sthe moon it shall be established forever,

^ta faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

49  Lord, where is your ^msteadfast love of old,

which by your ^mfaithfulness you swore to David?