Psalm 92:10

Verse 10. Anointed with fresh oil. Every kind of benediction and refreshment I have received, do receive, and shall receive, like one at a feast, who is welcomed as a friend, and whose head is copiously anointed with oil or fragrant balm. In this way, the spirits are gently refreshed, an inner joyousness excited, the beauty of the face and limbs, according to the custom of the country, brought to perfection. Or, there is an allusion to the custom of anointing persons at their solemn installation in some splendid office. Compare Psalms 23:5 "Thou anointest my head with oil," and Psalms 45:7 , "God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness." --Martin Geier.

Verse 10. (last clause). The phrase is not "I am anointed", hfm; but ytlb, imbutus sum -- perfusus sum; apparently in reference to the abundance of perfume employed on the occasion, viz., his being elected King over all the tribes, as indicative of the greater popularity of the act, or the higher measure of Jehovah's blessing on his people. The difference, indeed, between the first anointing of David and that of Saul, as performed by Samuel, is well worthy of notice on the present occasion. When Samuel was commanded to anoint Saul, he "took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head." in private, 1 Samuel 16:13 . Here we find the horn again made use of and apparently full to the brim -- David was soaked or imbued with it. --John Mason Good.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 10. (last clause). Christian illumination, consecration, gladness, and graces, are all of them the anointing of the Spirit.

--William Garrett Lewis, 1872.

Verse 10. (last clause). The subject of David's confidence was --