May he rule forever in your presence, O God; protect him with your constant love and faithfulness.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

If you obey him, the LORD will keep the promise he made when he told me that my descendants would rule Israel as long as they were careful to obey his commands faithfully with all their heart and soul.

And now, LORD God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did.

If you will serve me in honesty and integrity, as your father David did, and if you obey my laws and do everything I have commanded you,

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life.

I know that I will live to see the LORD's goodness in this present life.

He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.