Psalms 89 · Verse 20

Psalms 89:20

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
Psalms 89:20, King James Version

Psalms 89:20 in other translations

BSBI have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
WEBI have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
ASVI have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:
YLTI have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
DARBYI have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
BBEI have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
WebsterI have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

What does Psalms 89:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:19-37

19-37. 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 (Psa 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 I have found David my servant - This is the sum of what God had said in prophetic visions to his saints or holy persons, Samuel, Nathan, and Gad; see 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:12. Here the psalmist begins to reason with God relative to David, his posterity, and the perpetuity of his kingdom; which promises appear now to have utterly failed, as the throne had been overturned, and all the people carried into captivity. But all these things may have reference to Christ and his kingdom; for we are assured that David was a type of the Messiah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:19-37

The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions…

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Psalms 89:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מָ֭צָאתִיMa.tza.tiI have foundH4672
דָּוִ֣דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדִּ֑י'av.Diservant myH5650
בְּשֶׁ֖מֶןbe.She.menwith [the] oil ofH8081
קָדְשִׁ֣יkod.shiholiness myH6944
מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו\׃me.shach.TivI have anointed himH4886

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Cross references for Psalms 89:20

  • 1 Samuel 16:12-13

    And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

  • Isaiah 61:1-3

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  • John 3:34

    For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

  • Acts 13:22

    And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 16:1,12,13; Isa 61:1-3; Joh 3:34

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Context

  • Psalms 89:19

    Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

  • Psalms 89:20

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

  • Psalms 89:21

    With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

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Psalms 89:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hallé á David mi siervo; ungílo con el aceite de mi santidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors tu parlas en vision de ton saint, et tu dis: J’ai placé du secours sur un homme puissant, j’ai haut élevé un élu d’entre le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich habe David gefunden, meinen Knecht-mit meinem heiligen Öle habe ich ihn gesalbt-