Psalm 89:20 {88:21}
Good News Translation
I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

1 Samuel 16:1,12,13 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. . . .

Isaiah 61:1-3 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. . . .

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

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
19Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people. 20I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.21For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.…
Cross References
Acts 13:22
And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills.

1 Samuel 13:14
But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath the Lord commanded to be prince over his people, because thou hast not observed that which the Lord commanded.

1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Samuel 16:13
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: and Samuel rose up, and went to Ramatha.

2 Samuel 23:1
Now these are David's last words. David the son of Isai said: The man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the excellent psalmist of Israel said:

1 Kings 1:39
And Sadoc, the priest, took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they sounded the trumpet, and all the people said: God save king Solomon.

Psalm 89:38
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with my anointed.

Psalm 89:19
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