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26 [a]I will set his hand upon the sea,
    his right hand upon the rivers.
27 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,(A)
    my God, the Rock of my salvation!’
28 I myself make him the firstborn,
    Most High[b] over the kings of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 89:26 The sea…the rivers: geographically the limits of the Davidic empire (the Mediterranean and the Euphrates); mythologically, the traditional forces of chaos. See note on Ps 89:11.
  2. 89:28 Most High: a divine title, which is here extended to David as God’s own king, cf. Ps 2:7–9; Is 9:5. As God rules over the members of the heavenly council (Ps 89:6–9), so David, God’s surrogate, rules over earthly kings.

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)

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