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Psalm 89:22

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

20I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
21with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
22No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
23I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
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The repeated “No” gives God’s promise to David a firm edge: enemies and wicked men will not have free rein over his servant.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 125:3For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.Both passages set limits on wicked rule: enemies will not oppress David, and the scepter of wickedness will not remain over the righteous.
2 Samuel 7:10I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will …God promises David freedom from wicked oppression, and promises Israel a settled place where wicked people will no longer afflict them.
1 Chronicles 17:9I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will …Both contain God’s promise of protection from wicked people, directed toward David in the psalm and toward Israel in Chronicles.
John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, …Protection is the shared thread: God promises to guard David from oppression, and Jesus speaks of keeping those given to him.
Matthew 4:1–10Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.The shared thread is opposition: David has enemies, while Jesus is led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.The shared thread is limited to evil figures: David’s wicked enemy and the man of sin named in the warning against deception.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future. sermon or Bible study notes.

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One step

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Read Psalm 89:20–24 and name the servant God promises to protect

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Encouragement

This promise concerns David, God’s chosen servant. His enemies are real, yet their power remains subject to the God who anointed and strengthens him.

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