O Lord God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant.”
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
A Song of Ascents. Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured,
And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.”
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
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