Psalm 89:19
New International Version
Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.

New Living Translation
Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.

English Standard Version
Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Berean Standard Bible
You 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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

New American Standard Bible
Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

NASB 1995
Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

NASB 1977
Once Thou didst speak in vision to Thy godly ones, And didst say, “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Legacy Standard Bible
Formerly You spoke in vision to Your holy ones, And said, “I have bestowed help to a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Amplified Bible
Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Christian Standard Bible
You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said, “I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: “I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

American Standard Version
Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then he spoke in visions with his righteous ones and he said, "I have set help for a man and I have raised The Chosen One from the people.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

Contemporary English Version
In a vision, you once said to your faithful followers: "I have helped a mighty hero. I chose him from my people and made him famous.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then 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.

English Revised Version
Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones: "I set a boy above warriors. I have raised up one chosen from the people.

Good News Translation
In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.

International Standard Version
You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, And saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Literal Standard Version
Then You have spoken in vision, | To Your saint, indeed, | You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, | Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Majority Standard Bible
You 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.

New American Bible
Then you spoke in vision; to your faithful ones you said: “I have set a leader over the warriors; I have raised up a chosen one from the people.

NET Bible
Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

New Revised Standard Version
Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: “I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.

New Heart English Bible
Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

World English Bible
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

Young's Literal Translation
Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

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Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. 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.…

Cross References
Judges 13:11
So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" "I am," he said.

2 Samuel 17:10
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

1 Kings 11:34
Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

Psalm 78:70
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;


Treasury of Scripture

Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

then

1 Samuel 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: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Samuel 7:8-17
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: …

Luke 1:70
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

to thy holy

Mark 1:24
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

I have laid

1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 30:21
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

exalted

Psalm 89:3
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

1 Kings 11:34
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

Philippians 2:6-11
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: …

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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.














(19) The mention of the king allows the poet to bring still more into prominence the special promises made to Israel. The piece, which is couched in oracular language, is introduced by a prose statement recalling the sentences in Job which introduce a fresh speaker.

Holy one.--See Note, Psalm 16:10. Some MSS. (comp. LXX. and Vulg.) have the plural. The singular is correct, referring no doubt to Nathan, as is seen from 2Samuel 7:17; 1Chronicles 17:15. The oracular piece that follows (Psalm 89:19-37) is like Psalm 132:11-12, founded on this old prophetic passage; but while the original reference is to Solomon, here it is extended to all David's posterity. . . .

Verse 19. - Then thou spakest; rather, once, or "once upon a time," as Professor Cheyne suggests. The allusion is to the occurrence related in 2 Samuel 7:4-17. In vision (see 2 Samuel 7:7). To thy holy one; i.e. to Nathan the prophet. And saidst. The psalmist reports the words of the vision very freely, interweaving with them thoughts drawn from various psalms; expanding them, and sometimes heightening the colours. I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people (comp. 1 Samuel 16:1-13). David was "mighty" from his youth - own before he slew Goliath, as appears from his slaughter of the lion and the bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You once
אָ֤ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

spoke
דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־ (dib·bar·tā-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

in a vision,
בְחָ֡זוֹן (ḇə·ḥā·zō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2377: A sight, a dream, revelation, oracle

to Your godly ones
לַֽחֲסִידֶ֗יךָ (la·ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2623: Kind, pious

You said,
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I have bestowed
שִׁוִּ֣יתִי (šiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust

help
עֵ֭זֶר (‘ê·zer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5828: A help, helper

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a warrior;
גִּבּ֑וֹר (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

I have exalted
הֲרִימ֖וֹתִי (hă·rî·mō·w·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

one chosen
בָח֣וּר (ḇā·ḥūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 970: Selected, a youth

from the people.
מֵעָֽם׃ (mê·‘ām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


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