"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

where he looked after his flocks, and he made him king of Israel, the shepherd of the people of God.

David took care of them with unselfish devotion and led them with skill.

You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

'A descendant of yours will always be king; I will preserve your dynasty forever.' "

You give victory to kings and rescue your servant David.

The LORD's enemies will be destroyed; he will thunder against them from heaven. The LORD will judge the whole world; he will give power to his king, he will make his chosen king victorious."

The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king."

For it was not David who went up into heaven; rather he said, 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side

"All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!"

For this reason God raised him to the highest place above and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.

and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.

His enemies will never succeed against him; the wicked will not defeat him.

I will love him and be loyal to him; I will make him always victorious.

He will say to me, 'You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.'

I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

"But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,

then I will punish them for their sins; I will make them suffer for their wrongs.

I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.

He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.

But you are angry with your chosen king; you have deserted and rejected him.

You made a promise to your servant David; do not reject your chosen king, LORD.

He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not withdraw my support from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed so that you could be king.

A child is born to us! A son is given to us! And he will be our ruler. He will be called, "Wonderful Counselor," "Mighty God," "Eternal Father," "Prince of Peace."

His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The LORD Almighty is determined to do all this.

You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

and he will be the king of the descendants of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end!"

It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David;

For God does not change his mind about whom he chooses and blesses.

Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants," meaning many people, but the singular "descendant," meaning one person only, namely, Christ.