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Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have exalted a young man from among the people.
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I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
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My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
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No enemy will subject him to tribute;
no wicked man will oppress him.
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I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
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My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn will be exalted.
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I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.
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He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.’
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I will also appoint him my firstborn,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
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I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.
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I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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“If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,
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if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
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I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;
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but I will not take my love from him,
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
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I will not violate my covenant
or alter what my lips have uttered.
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Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
and I will not lie to David—
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that his line will continue forever
and his throne endure before me like the sun;
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it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah