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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.

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. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Psalms 89:19

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.

Psalms 89:20

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

Psalms 89:21

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 89:22

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalms 89:23

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Psalms 89:24

But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalms 89:25

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalms 89:26

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 89:27

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:28

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalms 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalms 89:30

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalms 89:31

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Psalms 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:33

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalms 89:34

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalms 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Psalms 89:36

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalms 89:37

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.