Psalms 89:3

“I have made a covenant with my chosen, etc.] Not with Abraham, as the Targum expresses it: but with David, as in the following clause; not David, literally understood, though he was chosen of the Lord to be his servant, and a covenant was made with him, and a promise made to him of the perpetuity of his throne and kingdom in his family, (<197870>Psalm 78:70 <100716> 2 Samuel 7:16) but mystical David, the Messiah, David’s son and antitype; after, on this account, called David in Scripture, (<263423>Ezekiel 34:23,24 <280305>Hosea 3:5) and who is the Lord’s “chosen” One, foreordained to be the Redeemer of lost sinners, chosen to be the Mediator between God and them, to be the head of the…”

“I have made a covenant with my chosen - With my chosen one; that is, with David. The original is in the singular number, though by the Septuagint, and the Vulgate, and by Luther, it is rendered in the plural - chosen ones - elect. This is undoubtedly the language of God himself, though it is not expressly ascribed to him. The design is to describe the solemn promise which God had made to David and to his posterity. Compare Psalms 78:70-71. See also, on the use of the phrase “made a covenant,” see Psalms 50:5, note; Psalms 83:5, note. I have sworn unto David my servant - I have taken a solemn oath in regard to him. The substance of the oath is stated in the next verse. The promise referred to…”

“Chosen - With David; whom I have chosen to the kingdom. Psalms 89:4”

“89:3-4 The psalmist restates God’s covenant with David (see also 89:19-37). 89:3 The Lord has sworn by his own holiness (89:35; see 110:4).”

“made: Psa 89:28, Psa 89:34, Psa 89:39; Sa2 7:10-16, Sa2 23:5; Kg1 8:16; Isa 55:3; Jer 30:9, Jer 33:20, Jer 33:21; Eze 34:23, Eze 34:24; Hos 3:5; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33 my chosen: Psa 89:19, Psa 78:70; Isa 42:1; Mat 3:17, Mat 12:18-21 sworn: Psa 89:35, Psa 132:11; Sa2 3:9; Act 2:30; Heb 7:21 Psalms 89:4”