The one psalm that says Holy Spirit, the others that speak of God's Spirit, and what the psalms actually say about oil.
The words Holy Spirit appear once in the psalms, in Psalm 51:11, a prayer the heading attributes to David. A handful of other psalms speak of your Spirit or his spirit: a presence no one can escape, a good guide, the one God sends out when creatures are made. The psalms do not explain who the Spirit is. The New Testament later says the Holy Spirit spoke through David, and names the psalms it means.
The page is grouped into the psalms that speak of God's Spirit, the psalms the New Testament says the Spirit spoke, and the psalms about oil and anointing, with a plain answer on how oil and the Spirit are linked. Tick the verses you want and print them on one sheet.
The verses in the psalms that speak of God's Spirit rather than a human spirit. In one of them, 106:33, whose spirit is meant is not plain.
Don’t throw me from your presence,and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
The only verse in the psalms with the words Holy Spirit. It sits in a prayer of confession, and the fear is of losing God's presence.
Where could I go from your Spirit?Or where could I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where could I go from your Spirit. The question expects the answer nowhere, and the next verse runs from heaven to Sheol to prove it.
Teach me to do your will,for you are my God.Your Spirit is good.Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Your Spirit is good. The prayer asks to be taught God's will and led in the land of uprightness, and the Spirit is named as good.
You send out your Spirit and they are created.You renew the face of the ground.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
You send out your Spirit and they are created. The verse before speaks of breath taken away and death, and this one answers it with new life.
because they were rebellious against his spirit,he spoke rashly with his lips.
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
They were rebellious against his spirit, and he spoke rashly. Verse 32 names Meribah and Moses just before, and the verse does not say whether his spirit means God's Spirit or Moses' spirit.
Hebrews 3:7 and Acts 1:16 say the Holy Spirit spoke these words. Mark 12:36 says the same of Psalm 110:1, which is on the psalms about Jesus page.
for he is our God.We are the people of his pasture,and the sheep in his care.Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Today, oh that you would hear his voice. Hebrews 3:7 introduces this line with the words as the Holy Spirit says, then quotes the rest of the psalm's warning.
Let his days be few.Let another take his office.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Let another take his office. In Acts 1:16 Peter says the Holy Spirit spoke through David about Judas, and Acts 1:20 quotes this verse.
Let their habitation be desolate.Let no one dwell in their tents.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
Let their habitation be desolate. Acts 1:20 quotes it, in the singular, alongside Psalm 109:8, as part of the same scripture the Spirit spoke through David.
The psalms never call oil the Spirit. One link the Bible does make is David's anointing: 1 Samuel 16:13 says that when Samuel anointed David with oil, the LORD's Spirit came on him from that day.
I have found David, my servant.I have anointed him with my holy oil,
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil. This is the anointing that 1 Samuel 16:13 ties to the coming of the Spirit.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness.Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Anointed with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Hebrews 1:9 quotes it of the Son. Acts 10:38, in a separate passage, says God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit.
It is like the precious oil on the head,that ran down on the beard,even Aaron’s beard,that came down on the edge of his robes,
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Unity among brothers is like precious oil on Aaron's head. The oil keeps running down, to his beard and to the edge of his robes.
You prepare a table before mein the presence of my enemies.You anoint my head with oil.My cup runs over.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
You anoint my head with oil. Here the oil is part of a host's welcome, at a table laid in front of enemies.
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox.I am anointed with fresh oil.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
I am anointed with fresh oil. The writer uses it as a picture of being made strong again, next to a horn raised like a wild ox's.
In the psalms oil marks a king, a priest or a welcome guest. Psalm 89:20 recalls David anointed with holy oil, Psalm 133:2 pictures the oil on Aaron the priest, and Psalm 23:5 describes a host anointing a guest's head. Psalm 104:15 lists oil with wine and bread as a gift that makes the face shine. No psalm says the oil stands for the Holy Spirit. One link the Bible does make is in 1 Samuel 16:13, where David is anointed and the LORD's Spirit comes on him.
The words Holy Spirit appear in Psalm 51:11. Psalm 139:7, Psalm 143:10, and Psalm 104:30 speak of God's Spirit without the word holy. Psalm 106:33 speaks of his spirit, but does not make plain whether that is God's or Moses'.
Psalm 51:11 asks God not to take his Holy Spirit away, and Psalm 143:10 calls God's Spirit good and asks God to lead the writer in the land of uprightness. Both are written as prayers.
The New Testament says so. Hebrews 3:7 introduces Psalm 95:7 with as the Holy Spirit says, Acts 1:16 says the Spirit spoke through David about Judas, and Mark 12:36 says David spoke Psalm 110:1 in the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 23:5 does not say so. In the psalm the oil is part of a host's welcome. One place the Bible does link oil and the Spirit is David's anointing in 1 Samuel 16:13.
The heading attributes it to David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
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