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Psalms 89:20

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:

ASV

אָ֤ז דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ בְ/חָ֡זוֹן לַֽ/חֲסִידֶ֗י/ךָ וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁוִּ֣יתִי עֵ֭זֶר עַל גִּבּ֑וֹר הֲרִימ֖וֹתִי בָח֣וּר מֵ/עָֽם

Hebrew

I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
ו
v
adjective · 33×
חָז֖וֹן
chzvn
noun · 35×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 21×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
shvh
verb · 21×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Acts 13:22 · adapted
    "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."
    Psalm 89: I found David my servant — Paul at Antioch

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 14:2 — And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
  • 1Kgs 1:39 — And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
  • 1Sam 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 Bethlehemite: fo
  • 1Sam 16:12 — 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.
  • 2Sam 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
  • 2Sam 22:51 — He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
  • 2Sam 23:1 — Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
  • 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 fulfi
  • Exod 29:7 — Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
  • Exod 30:25 — And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
  • Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Isa 10:27 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
  • Isa 61:1 — 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 th
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • John 1:41 — He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
  • John 3:34 — For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
  • Judg 9:9 — But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
  • Lam 4:20 — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
  • Luke 1:69 — And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
  • Ps 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
  • Ps 20:6 — Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
  • Ps 45:7 — Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 84:9 — Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
  • Ps 119:170 — Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.