Psalm 89:20
New International Version
I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

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

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

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

King James Bible
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 American Standard Bible
“I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

NASB 1995
“I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

NASB 1977
“I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

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

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I have found David my Servant; I have anointed him with the oil of my holiness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by my holy mercy.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I found my servant David. I anointed him with my holy oil.

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

International Standard Version
I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have found David My servant; With My holy oil have I anointed him;

Literal Standard Version
I have found My servant David, | With My holy oil I have anointed him.

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

New American Bible
I have chosen David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.

NET Bible
I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. 21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.…

Cross References
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 its entirety.'

1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD."

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 you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself."

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 went to Ramah.

2 Samuel 23:1
These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

1 Kings 1:39
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram's horn, and all the people proclaimed, "Long live King Solomon!"

Psalm 89:38
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.


Treasury of Scripture

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

1 Samuel 16:1,12,13
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 Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons…

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; …

John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

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Psalm 89
1. The psalmist praises God for his covenant
5. For his wonderful power
15. For the care of his church
19. For his favor to the kingdom of David
38. Then complaining of contrary events
46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses God.














Verse 20. - I have found David my servant (comp. 1 Samuel 16:1; Acts 13:22). With my holy oil have I anointed him (see 1 Samuel 16:13)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I have found
מָ֭צָאתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

David
דָּוִ֣ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

My servant;
עַבְדִּ֑י (‘aḇ·dî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

with My sacred
קָדְשִׁ֣י (qāḏ·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

oil
בְּשֶׁ֖מֶן (bə·še·men)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

I have anointed him.
מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃ (mə·šaḥ·tîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint


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