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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 89:19	Strong Concordance	Then thou spakest [01696] in vision [02377] to thy holy one [02623], and saidst [0559], I have laid [07737] help [05828] upon one that is mighty [01368]; I have exalted [07311] one chosen [0977] out of the people [05971].
	King James	Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou . . . to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (Sa2 7:17; Ch1 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance.

thou . . . to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (Sa2 7:17; Ch1 17:3-15).

laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Then thou spakest in vision - Or, by a vision. See this word explained in the notes at Isa 1:1. The meaning is, that God had spoken this by means of visions, or by communications made to his people by the prophets. This "vision" was especially made known to Nathan, and through him to David. See Sa2 7:4-17. The substance of what is here said is found in that passage in Samuel. In Sa2 7:17, it is expressly called a "vision." To thy holy one - The vision was addressed particularly to David, but was made through him to the people of Israel. The ancient versions render this in the plural, as referring to the people of Israel. The Hebrew is in the singular number. I have laid help upon one that is mighty - I have so endowed him that he shall be the protector and defender of my people. He is qualified for the office entrusted to him, and in his hands the interests of the nation will be safe. This was not expressly said in the vision; but this was the substance of what was said. See Sa2 7:9. I have exalted one chosen out of the people - One not of exalted rank; one not descended from kings and conquerors; but one that had grown up among the people; one called from the ranks of common life; one chosen from among those engaged in humble occupations. In this way it was the more apparent that the power really came from God. Compare Sa2 7:8; see also the notes at Psa 78:70-72.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Having thus again come to refer to the king of Israel, the poet now still further unfolds the promise given to the house of David. The present circumstances are a contradiction to it. The prayer to Jahve, for which the way is thus prepared, is for the removal of this contradiction. A long line, extending beyond the measure of the preceding lines, introduces the promises given to David. With אז the respective period of the past is distinctly defined. The intimate friend of Jahve (חסיד) is Nathan (Ch1 17:15) or David, according as we translate בחזון "in a vision" or "by means of a vision." But side by side with the לחסידך we also find the preferable reading לחסידיך, which is followed in the renderings of the lxx, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum, Aquila, Symmachus, and the Quarta, and is adopted by Rashi, Aben-Ezra, and others, and taken up by Heidenheim and Baer. The plural refers to Samuel and Nathan, for the statement brings together what was revealed to these two prophets concerning David. עזר is assistance as a gift, and that, as the designation of the person succoured by it (שׁוּה על as in Psa 21:6) with גּבּור shows, aid in battle. בּחוּר (from בּחר = בּגר in the Mishna: to ripen, to be manly or of marriageable age, distinct from בּחיר in Psa 89:4) is a young man, adolescens: while yet a young man David was raised out of his humble lowly condition (Psa 78:71) high above the people. When he received the promise (2 Sam. 7) he had been anointed and had attained to the lordship over all Israel. Hence the preterites in Psa 89:20-21, which are followed by promissory futures from Psa 89:22 onwards. תּכּון is fut. Niph., to be established, to prove one's self to be firm, unchangeable (Psa 78:37), a stronger expression than תּהיה, Sa1 18:12, Sa1 18:14; Sa2 3:10. The Hiph. השּׁיא, derived from נשׁא = נשׁה, to credit (vid., on Isa 24:2; Gesenius, Hengstenberg), does not give any suitable sense; it therefore signifies here as elsewhere, "to impose upon, surprise," with בּ, as in Psa 55:16 with על. Psa 89:23 is the echo of Sa2 7:10.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Having thus again come to refer to the king of Israel, the poet now still further unfolds the promise given to the house of David. The present circumstances are a contradiction to it. The prayer to Jahve, for which the way is thus prepared, is for the removal of this contradiction. A long line, extending beyond the measure of the preceding lines, introduces the promises given to David. With אז the respective period of the past is distinctly defined. The intimate friend of Jahve (חסיד) is Nathan (Ch1 17:15) or David, according as we translate בחזון "in a vision" or "by means of a vision." But side by side with the לחסידך we also find the preferable reading לחסידיך, which is followed in the renderings of the lxx, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum, Aquila, Symmachus, and the Quarta, and is adopted by Rashi, Aben-Ezra, and others, and taken up by Heidenheim and Baer. The plural refers to Samuel and Nathan, for the statement brings together what was revealed to these two prophets concerning David. עזר is assistance as a gift, and that, as the designation of the person succoured by it (שׁוּה על as in Psa 21:6) with גּבּור shows, aid in battle. בּחוּר (from בּחר = בּגר in the Mishna: to ripen, to be manly or of marriageable age, distinct from בּחיר in Psa 89:4) is a young man, adolescens: while yet a young man David was raised out of his humble lowly condition (Psa 78:71) high above the people. When he received the promise (2 Sam. 7) he had been anointed and had attained to the lordship over all Israel. Hence the preterites in Psa 89:20-21, which are followed by promissory futures from Psa 89:22 onwards. תּכּון is fut. Niph., to be established, to prove one's self to be firm, unchangeable (Psa 78:37), a stronger expression than תּהיה, Sa1 18:12, Sa1 18:14; Sa2 3:10. The Hiph. השּׁיא, derived from נשׁא = נשׁה, to credit (vid., on Isa 24:2; Gesenius, Hengstenberg), does not give any suitable sense; it therefore signifies here as elsewhere, "to impose upon, surprise," with בּ, as in Psa 55:16 with על. Psa 89:23 is the echo of Sa2 7:10.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Vision - Which then was the usual way by which God spake to the prophets. Holy one - To thy holy prophets; the singular number being put for the plural; especially to Samuel and Nathan. Laid help - I have provided help for my people. Upon - Upon a person of singular courage and wisdom.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one - Instead of חסידך chasidecha, "thy holy one," חסידיך chasideycha, "thy holy ones," is the reading of sisty-three of Kennicott's and seventy-one of De Rossi's MSS., and a great number of editions besides. If we take it in the singular, it most probably means Samuel, and refers to the revelation God gave to him relative to his appointment of David to be king in the stead of Saul. If we take it in the plural, it may mean not only Samuel, but also Nathan and Gad. For what God revealed to Samuel relative to David, see Sa2 7:5, etc.; Ch1 11:2, Ch1 11:3; and for what he said to Nathan on the same subject, see Ch1 17:3, Ch1 17:7-15. All the Versions have the word in the plural.

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³ And it came to pass the same night [03915], that the word [01697] of God [0430] came to Nathan [05416], saying [0559],
⁴ Go [03212] and tell [0559] David [01732] my servant [05650], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Thou shalt not build [01129] me an house [01004] to dwell in [03427]:
⁵ For I have not dwelt in [03427] an house [01004] since the day [03117] that I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] unto this day [03117]; but have gone from tent [0168] to tent [0168], and from one tabernacle [04908] to another.
⁶ Wheresoever I have walked [01980] with all Israel [03478], spake [01696] I a word [01697] to any [0259] of the judges [08199] of Israel [03478], whom I commanded [06680] to feed [07462] my people [05971], saying [0559], Why have ye not built [01129] me an house [01004] of cedars [0730]?
⁷ Now therefore thus shalt thou say [0559] unto my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I took [03947] thee from the sheepcote [05116], even from following [0310] the sheep [06629], that thou shouldest be ruler [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478]:
⁸ And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked [01980], and have cut off [03772] all thine enemies [0341] from before [06440] thee, and have made [06213] thee a name [08034] like the name [08034] of the great men [01419] that are in the earth [0776].
⁹ Also I will ordain [07760] a place [04725] for my people [05971] Israel [03478], and will plant [05193] them, and they shall dwell [07931] in their place, and shall be moved [07264] no more; neither shall the children [01121] of wickedness [05766] waste [01086] them any more [03254], as at the beginning [07223],
¹⁰ And since the time [03117] that I commanded [06680] judges [08199] to be over my people [05971] Israel [03478]. Moreover I will subdue [03665] all thine enemies [0341]. Furthermore I tell [05046] thee that the LORD [03068] will build [01129] thee an house [01004].
¹¹ And it shall come to pass, when thy days [03117] be expired [04390] that thou must go [03212] to be with thy fathers [01], that I will raise up [06965] thy seed [02233] after [0310] thee, which shall be of thy sons [01121]; and I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04438].
¹² He shall build [01129] me an house [01004], and I will stablish [03559] his throne [03678] for [05704] ever [05769].
¹³ I will be his father [01], and he shall be my son [01121]: and I will not take [05493] my mercy [02617] away [05493] from him, as I took [05493] it from him that was before [06440] thee:
¹⁴ But I will settle [05975] him in mine house [01004] and in my kingdom [04438] for ever [05769]: and his throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] evermore [05769].
¹⁵ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02377], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

¹⁷ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02384], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

³ But know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath set apart [06395] him that is godly [02623] for himself: the LORD [03068] will hear [08085] when I call [07121] unto him.

⁷⁰ He chose [0977] David [01732] also his servant [05650], and took [03947] him from the sheepfolds [04356] [06629]:
⁷¹ From following [0310] the ewes great with young [05763] he brought [0935] him to feed [07462] Jacob [03290] his people [05971], and Israel [03478] his inheritance [05159].
⁷² So he fed [07462] them according to the integrity [08537] of his heart [03824]; and guided [05148] them by the skilfulness [08394] of his hands [03709].

⁸ Now therefore so shalt thou say [0559] unto my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I took [03947] thee from the sheepcote [05116], from following [0310] the sheep [06629], to be ruler [05057] over my people [05971], over Israel [03478]:

⁹ And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest [01980], and have cut off [03772] all thine enemies [0341] out of thy sight [06440], and have made [06213] thee a great [01419] name [08034], like unto the name [08034] of the great [01419] men that are in the earth [0776].

¹⁷ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02384], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

⁴ And it came to pass that night [03915], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto Nathan [05416], saying [0559],
⁵ Go [03212] and tell [0559] my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Shalt thou build [01129] me an house [01004] for me to dwell in [03427]?
⁶ Whereas I have not dwelt [03427] in any house [01004] since the time [03117] that I brought up [05927] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], even to this day [03117], but have walked [01980] in a tent [0168] and in a tabernacle [04908].
⁷ In all the places wherein I have walked [01980] with all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] spake [01696] I a word [01697] with any [0259] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], whom I commanded [06680] to feed [07462] my people [05971] Israel [03478], saying [0559], Why build [01129] ye not me an house [01004] of cedar [0730]?
⁸ Now therefore so shalt thou say [0559] unto my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I took [03947] thee from the sheepcote [05116], from following [0310] the sheep [06629], to be ruler [05057] over my people [05971], over Israel [03478]:
⁹ And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest [01980], and have cut off [03772] all thine enemies [0341] out of thy sight [06440], and have made [06213] thee a great [01419] name [08034], like unto the name [08034] of the great [01419] men that are in the earth [0776].
¹⁰ Moreover I will appoint [07760] a place [04725] for my people [05971] Israel [03478], and will plant [05193] them, that they may dwell [07931] in a place of their own, and move [07264] no more; neither shall the children [01121] of wickedness [05766] afflict [06031] them any more [03254], as beforetime [07223],
¹¹ And as since the time [03117] that I commanded [06680] judges [08199] to be over my people [05971] Israel [03478], and have caused thee to rest [05117] from all thine enemies [0341]. Also the LORD [03068] telleth [05046] thee that he will make [06213] thee an house [01004].
¹² And when thy days [03117] be fulfilled [04390], and thou shalt sleep [07901] with thy fathers [01], I will set up [06965] thy seed [02233] after [0310] thee, which shall proceed [03318] out of thy bowels [04578], and I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04467].
¹³ He shall build [01129] an house [01004] for my name [08034], and I will stablish [03559] the throne [03678] of his kingdom [04467] for [05704] ever [05769].
¹⁴ I will be his father [01], and he shall be my son [01121]. If he commit iniquity [05753], I will chasten [03198] him with the rod [07626] of men [0582], and with the stripes [05061] of the children [01121] of men [0120]:
¹⁵ But my mercy [02617] shall not depart away [05493] from him, as I took [05493] it from Saul [07586], whom I put away [05493] before [06440] thee.
¹⁶ And thine house [01004] and thy kingdom [04467] shall be established [0539] for [05704] ever [05769] before [06440] thee: thy throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] ever [05769].
¹⁷ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02384], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

¹ The vision [02377] of Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531], which he saw [02372] concerning Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818], Jotham [03147], Ahaz [0271], and Hezekiah [03169], kings [04428] of Judah [03063].

¹⁰ Moreover I will appoint [07760] a place [04725] for my people [05971] Israel [03478], and will plant [05193] them, that they may dwell [07931] in a place of their own, and move [07264] no more; neither shall the children [01121] of wickedness [05766] afflict [06031] them any more [03254], as beforetime [07223],

²³ And I will beat down [03807] his foes [06862] before his face [06440], and plague [05062] them that hate [08130] him.

¹⁶ As for me, I will call [07121] upon God [0430]; and the LORD [03068] shall save [03467] me.

² And it shall be, as with the people [05971], so with the priest [03548]; as with the servant [05650], so with his master [0113]; as with the maid [08198], so with her mistress [01404]; as with the buyer [07069], so with the seller [04376]; as with the lender [03867], so with the borrower [03867]; as with the taker of usury [05383], so [0834] with the giver of usury [05378] to him.

¹⁰ To translate [05674] the kingdom [04467] from the house [01004] of Saul [07586], and to set up [06965] the throne [03678] of David [01732] over Israel [03478] and over Judah [03063], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884].

¹⁴ And David [01732] behaved himself wisely [07919] in all his ways [01870]; and the LORD [03068] was with him.

¹² And Saul [07586] was afraid [03372] of [06440] David [01732], because the LORD [03068] was with him, and was departed [05493] from Saul [07586].

³⁷ For their heart [03820] was not right [03559] with him, neither were they stedfast [0539] in his covenant [01285].

²² The enemy [0341] shall not exact [05378] upon him; nor the son [01121] of wickedness [05766] afflict [06031] him.

²⁰ I have found [04672] David [01732] my servant [05650]; with my holy [06944] oil [08081] have I anointed [04886] him:
²¹ With whom my hand [03027] shall be established [03559]: mine arm [02220] also shall strengthen [0553] him.

⁷¹ From following [0310] the ewes great with young [05763] he brought [0935] him to feed [07462] Jacob [03290] his people [05971], and Israel [03478] his inheritance [05159].

⁴ Thy seed [02233] will I establish [03559] for [05704] ever [05769], and build up [01129] thy throne [03678] to all [01755] generations [01755]. Selah [05542].

⁶ For thou hast made [07896] him most blessed [01293] for ever [05703]: thou hast made [02302] him exceeding glad [08057] with thy countenance [06440].

¹⁵ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02377], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

⁷ Now therefore thus shalt thou say [0559] unto my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I took [03947] thee from the sheepcote [05116], even from following [0310] the sheep [06629], that thou shouldest be ruler [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478]:
⁸ And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked [01980], and have cut off [03772] all thine enemies [0341] from before [06440] thee, and have made [06213] thee a name [08034] like the name [08034] of the great men [01419] that are in the earth [0776].
⁹ Also I will ordain [07760] a place [04725] for my people [05971] Israel [03478], and will plant [05193] them, and they shall dwell [07931] in their place, and shall be moved [07264] no more; neither shall the children [01121] of wickedness [05766] waste [01086] them any more [03254], as at the beginning [07223],
¹⁰ And since the time [03117] that I commanded [06680] judges [08199] to be over my people [05971] Israel [03478]. Moreover I will subdue [03665] all thine enemies [0341]. Furthermore I tell [05046] thee that the LORD [03068] will build [01129] thee an house [01004].
¹¹ And it shall come to pass, when thy days [03117] be expired [04390] that thou must go [03212] to be with thy fathers [01], that I will raise up [06965] thy seed [02233] after [0310] thee, which shall be of thy sons [01121]; and I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04438].
¹² He shall build [01129] me an house [01004], and I will stablish [03559] his throne [03678] for [05704] ever [05769].
¹³ I will be his father [01], and he shall be my son [01121]: and I will not take [05493] my mercy [02617] away [05493] from him, as I took [05493] it from him that was before [06440] thee:
¹⁴ But I will settle [05975] him in mine house [01004] and in my kingdom [04438] for ever [05769]: and his throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] evermore [05769].
¹⁵ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02377], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

³ And it came to pass the same night [03915], that the word [01697] of God [0430] came to Nathan [05416], saying [0559],

³ Therefore came [0935] all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and David [01732] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] by [03027] Samuel [08050].

² And moreover in time [08543] past [08032], even when Saul [07586] was king [04428], thou wast he that leddest out [03318] and broughtest in [0935] Israel [03478]: and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] said [0559] unto thee, Thou shalt feed [07462] my people [05971] Israel [03478], and thou shalt be ruler [05057] over my people [01571] Israel [03478].

⁵ Go [03212] and tell [0559] my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Shalt thou build [01129] me an house [01004] for me to dwell in [03427]?