²⁶ He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(A)
    my God, the Rock^(B) my Savior.’^(C)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(D)
    the most exalted^(E) of the kings^(F) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(G)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(H)

³⁵ Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(A)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(B)