Psalm 89:19-28 “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. I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. He will call to me, “You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!” I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.’ “

“Saints” in verse 19 is literally “godly ones.” It could refer to Nathan and Samuel and God’s use of them to deliver His prophetic message. David was chosen to be the one to establish God’s kingdom and God promised that He would be his strength. The appointing of David as “firstborn” foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, and the promised everlasting covenant is fulfilled in Jesus too!

Revelation 1:5-6 “and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood— and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

For additional worship: Jesus is King (Selah)