Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 89:20
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
20. I have found ] Sought out and provided. Cp. 1Sa 13:14; 1Sa 16:1; Act 13:22. David my servant ] See on Psa 78:70, and cp. 2Sa 3:18; 2Sa 7:5; 2Sa 7:8. have I anointed him ] 1Sa 16:1; 1Sa 16:12 f.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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. 1Sa 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.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
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 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
I have found: this is spoken of God figuratively after the manner of men, to imply the great scarcity of such persons, and the difficulty of finding them out.
With my holy oil; both. with material oil, 1Sa 16:13; 2Sa 5:3, and with the gifts and graces of my Holy Spirit, which are oft signified by oil or unction, as Psa 45:7, compared with Heb 1:9; Isa 61:3; 1Jo 2:20,27.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. I have foundhaving soughtand then selected him (1Sa16:1-6).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I have found David my servant,…. Not David literally; but his Son and antitype, the Messiah, who is sometimes called by his name;
[See comments on Ps 89:3], 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
Ac 13:22
with my holy oil have I anointed him: not with material oil, as David, his type, 1Sa 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,
Ac 10:38.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
20 I have found David my servant. The prophet confirms the same proposition, That there was nothing of royalty in David, who owed all to the sovereignty of God in preventing him by his grace. Such is the import of the word found, as if God had said, When I took him to elevate him, this proceeded entirely from my free goodness. The name servant, therefore, does not denote any merit, but is to be referred to the divine call. It is as if God had said, that he confirmed and ratified by his authority the sovereign power of David; and if He approved it, its legitimacy is placed beyond all doubt. The second clause of the verse affords an additional confirmation of God’s free election: With my holy oil have I anointed him. This anointing, which was not the fruit of David’s own policy, but which he obtained contrary to all expectation, was the cause of his elevation to the estate of royalty. God then having of himself, and according to his mere good pleasure, anticipated David, that he might anoint him king by the hand of Samuel, he justly declares that he found him. It is afterwards added, that he will be the guardian and protector of this kingdom of which he was the founder; for it is not his usual way to abandon his works after having commenced them, but, on the contrary, to carry them forward by a continued process of improvement to their completion.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
20. Anointed him The consecration of David with holy oil, by an acknowledged prophet of God, placed his title to the throne beyond all question. This was in accordance with the theocracy, and to this the people bowed. 1Sa 16:12-13
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
Ver. 20. I have found David ] The Father seeketh such as worship him in spirit and in truth, Joh 4:23 . The whole Trinity agreed upon Christ for a mediator.
With my holy oil have I anointed him
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I have found, &c. Quoted in Act 13:22.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Sa 16:1, 1Sa 16:12, 1Sa 16:13, Isa 61:1-3, Joh 3:34
Reciprocal: Gen 22:13 – behind Exo 29:7 – General Exo 30:25 – an holy Exo 30:31 – an holy Jdg 9:9 – wherewith 1Sa 13:14 – the Lord 1Sa 25:30 – according 2Sa 3:9 – as the Lord 2Sa 6:21 – chose 2Sa 7:14 – I will be 2Sa 22:51 – his anointed 2Sa 23:1 – the anointed 1Ki 1:34 – Zadok 1Ki 1:36 – the Lord 1Ki 1:39 – out 1Ki 8:16 – I chose David 1Ch 12:23 – according 1Ch 14:2 – the Lord 2Ch 1:8 – Thou has showed 2Ch 6:6 – chosen David 2Ch 23:11 – anointed him Job 1:8 – my servant Psa 2:2 – anointed Psa 16:5 – thou Psa 18:50 – to his Psa 20:6 – Now Psa 45:7 – hath Psa 78:70 – chose Psa 84:9 – the face Psa 119:170 – deliver me Isa 10:27 – because Isa 42:1 – mine elect Lam 4:20 – the anointed Zec 4:14 – These Luk 1:69 – in Joh 1:41 – Christ Act 13:22 – he raised Heb 1:9 – anointed