Psalms 89:20

Contemporary English Version

David, my servant, is the one I chose to be king,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have found David my servant;I have anointed him with my sacred oil.

Hebrew Names Version
I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

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

English Standard Version
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,

New Century Version
I have found my servant David; I appointed him by pouring holy oil on him.

New English Translation
I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

Amplified Bible
"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

New American Standard Bible
"I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

World English Bible
I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue found Dauid my seruant: with mine holy oyle haue I anoynted him.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have found David My servant;With My holy oil I have anointed him,

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

Complete Jewish Bible
There was a time when you spoke in a vision; you declared to your loyal [prophets], "I have given help to a warrior, I have raised up someone chosen from the people.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
I have found my servant David and anointed him as king with my special oil.

George Lamsa Translation
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

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

Lexham English Bible
I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,

Literal Translation
I have found My servant David; I have anointed him with My holy oil.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou spakest somtyme in visios vnto thy sayntes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

Bible in Basic English
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty;

King James Version (1611)
I haue found Dauid my seruant: with my holy oile haue I anointed him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by my holy mercy.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I foond Dauid, my seruaunt; Y anoyntide hym with myn hooli oile.

Update Bible Version
I have found David my slave; With my holy oil I have anointed him:

Webster's Bible Translation
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

New King James Version
I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

New Living Translation
I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

New Life Bible
I have found David, Your servant. I have poured My holy oil upon him.

New Revised Standard
I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(88-21) I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

Revised Standard Version
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him;

Young's Literal Translation
I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ In a vision, you once said to your faithful followers: "I have helped a mighty hero. I chose him from my people and made him famous. ²⁰ David, my servant, is the one I chose to be king, ²¹ and I will always be there to help and strengthen him. ²² "No enemy will outsmart David, and he won't be defeated by any hateful people. ²³ I will strike down and crush his troublesome enemies. ²⁴ He will always be able to depend on my love, and I will make him strong with my own power. ²⁵ I will let him rule the lands across the rivers and seas. ²⁶ He will say to me, ‘You are my Father and my God, as well as the mighty rock where I am safe.' ²⁷ "I have chosen David as my first-born son, and he will be the ruler of all kings on earth. ²⁸ My love for him will last, and my agreement with him will never be broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:13, Isaiah 61:1-3, John 3:34

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:13 - behind Exodus 29:7 - General Exodus 30:25 - an holy Exodus 30:31 - an holy Judges 9:9 - wherewith 1 Samuel 13:14 - the Lord 1 Samuel 25:30 - according 2 Samuel 3:9 - as the Lord 2 Samuel 6:21 - chose 2 Samuel 7:14 - I will be 2 Samuel 22:51 - his anointed 2 Samuel 23:1 - the anointed 1 Kings 1:34 - Zadok 1 Kings 1:36 - the Lord 1 Kings 1:39 - out 1 Kings 8:16 - I chose David 1 Chronicles 12:23 - according 1 Chronicles 14:2 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 1:8 - Thou has showed 2 Chronicles 6:6 - chosen David 2 Chronicles 23:11 - anointed him Job 1:8 - my servant Psalms 2:2 - anointed Psalms 16:5 - thou Psalms 18:50 - to his Psalms 20:6 - Now Psalms 45:7 - hath Psalms 78:70 - chose Psalms 84:9 - the face Psalms 119:170 - deliver me Isaiah 10:27 - because Isaiah 42:1 - mine elect Lamentations 4:20 - the anointed Zechariah 4:14 - These Luke 1:69 - in John 1:41 - Christ Acts 13:22 - he raised Hebrews 1:9 - anointed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have found David my servant,.... Not David literally; but his Son and antitype, the Messiah, who is sometimes called by his name;

:-, and his "finding" him does not suppose any ignorance of him, nor anxious solicitude in seeking him, nor any

fortuitous event; but is attributed to God by an anthropopathy, or speaking after the manner of men; for it is an act of the highest wisdom, and richest grace, to find out, that is, to pick and appoint, in council and covenant, his own Son to be his servant, to be the Redeemer and Saviour of sinners, and to be a ransom for them,

Job 33:24. The Apostle Paul seems to refer to this passage in

Acts 13:22

with my holy oil have I anointed him: not with material oil, as David, his type, 1 Samuel 16:13 but with the Holy Ghost, which may well be called holy oil, in allusion to the holy anointing oil under the law; the oil of gladness with which Christ was anointed above his fellows, and without measure, at the time of his conception and birth, at his baptism and ascension to heaven, and even, in some sense, from all eternity; for so early is he said to be anointed, and to be possessed with all fulness of grace, being invested with and installed into his office as Mediator; and from this anointing he has the name of Messiah and Christ, both which signify anointed,

Acts 10:38.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have found David my servant - That is, I found him among the sheepfolds; in humble life. I saw there one who was qualified for the high office of being the ruler of the nation, and I designated, or set him apart, for that office. The idea is, that there was in him a precious qualification for this work, and that God had seen this, and, in accordance with this, had summoned him to his service.

With my holy oil have I anointed him - By the hand of Samuel. 1 Samuel 16:13. Oil was used in setting apart prophets, priests, and kings. It was poured upon the person - emblematic of the pouring out upon him of wisdom and grace from on high to qualify him for his office.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 89:20. 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 the parallel places in the margin. 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.