Psalms 89:20 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 89:20

I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

KJV

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

I have found David my servant. David was discovered by the Lord among the sheepfolds and recognised as a man of gracious spirit, full of faith and courage, and therefore fit to be leader in Israel. With my holy oil have I anointed him. By the hand of Samuel, David was anointed to be king long before he ascended the throne.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He is called Messiah, or Christ, the Anointed. In all this he designed him to be his own servant, for the accomplishing of his eternal purpose and the advancement of the interests of his kingdom among men. The promises made to this chosen one, to David in the type and the Son of David in the antitype, in which not only gracious, but glorious things are spoken of him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou . . . to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Ps 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מָ֭צָאתִי	Ma.tza.ti	I have found	H4672 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עַבְדִּ֑י	'av.Di	servant my	H5650 →
בְּשֶׁ֖מֶן	be.She.men	with [the] oil of	H8081 →
קָדְשִׁ֣י	kod.shi	holiness my	H6944 →
מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃	me.shach.Tiv	I have anointed him	H4886 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:13–14
  “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Kings 15:5
  For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Psalms 78:70–72
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
Through
John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
leads to
- Acts 10:38
  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Matthew 12:18
  “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- John 15:26
  When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

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