e that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my
people.

88:21. I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed
him.

88:22. For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.

88:23. The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of
iniquity have power to hurt him.

88:24. And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that
hate him I will put to flight.

88:25. And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall
his horn be exalted.

88:26. And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the
rivers.

88:27. He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the
support of my salvation.

88:28. And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the
earth.

88:29. I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful
to him.

88:30. And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne
as the days of heaven.

88:31. And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

88:32. If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:

88:33. I will visit their iniquities with a rod and their sins with
stripes.

88:34. But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my
truth to fail.

88:35. Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed
from my mouth I will not make void.

88:36. Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

88:37. His seed shall endure for ever.

88:38. And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for
ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

88:39. But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with my
anointed.

88:40. Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast
profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

Overthrown the covenant, etc... All this seems to relate to the time of
the captivity of Babylon, in which, for the sins of the people and their
princes, God seemed to have set aside for a while the covenant he made
with David.

88:41. Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength
fear.

88:42. All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach
to his neighbours.

88:43. Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou
hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

88:44. Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not
assisted him in battle.

88:45. Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast