I even read the list of abbreviations - well skimmed it at least. The first thing I noted in the text intro to Matthew (page 1) is that there is no mention of the Markan priority without Q, The Case Against Q that Mark Goodacre proposes (2002).
Next I noted this sentence: page 3. Messiah is never used in Tanakh of the future ideal Davidic king. I immediately wondered about the usage in the psalms, especially the use in Psalm 89 and comparing this psalm with Psalm 72. [I see reading David Mitchell's interactions with Wilson "Lord, Remember David: G. H. Wilson and the Message of the Psalter" that I am in good company - I really should read those authors. - even if they are just arguing with each other!]
Psalm 72 does not have the term anointed, but it does, at the end of Book 2 of the Psalter, describe the ideal king. This is in contrast to Psalm 89 at the end of Book 3 which describes the lament of the 'earthly' kingdom. (Failure is too strong a word.) Book 4 presents יְהוָה as king. What then is anointing and how does such a gift manifest itself in the individual, in the people, and in the relationship with יְהוָה?
The root for anoint is used in the following verses.
Verses sharing this stem
יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ יָחַד עַל יְהוָה וְעַל מְשִׁיחוֹ | --2.2 | They station themselves, these kinglets of earth these rule-makers reasoning as one against יְהוָה and against his anointed | rule-makers, רזן (rzn) once in the psalms, weighty, judicious, commanding the kings are against the anointed from the beginning |
מַגְדִּל יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד עוֹלָם | -18.51 | Great victories he does for his king and he makes loving kindness for his anointed for David and his seed for ever | victories, ישׁע (yshu) = salvation Psalms 17-18 are prayer and statement of completion |
עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה מְשִׁיחוֹ יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֹ בִּגְבֻרוֹת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ | -20.7 | Now I know because יְהוָה will save his anointed he will answer from his holy heaven in the prevailing of the salvation of his right hand | part of the prayer for the king - following a space in the poem where the prayer is answered. |
יְהוָה עֹז לָמוֹ וּמָעוֹז יְשׁוּעוֹת מְשִׁיחוֹ הוּא | -28.8 | יְהוָה their strength and the stronghold of the victories of his anointed is he | Psalms 27-28 are again a pair focused on the individual |
אָהַבְתָּ צֶּדֶק וַתִּשְׂנָא רֶשַׁע עַל כֵּן מְשָׁחֲךָ אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן מֵחֲבֵרֶךָ | -45.8 | You have loved righteousness and hate wickedness therefore God your God has anointed you with oil of joy above your companions | the marriage of the king |
מָגִנֵּנוּ רְאֵה אֱלֹהִים וְהַבֵּט פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ | -84.10 | See our shield O God and take note of the face of your anointed | in the middle of Book 3, prayer for the whole people |
מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו | -89.21 | I have found David my servant with the oil of my holiness I have anointed him | the promise is noted |
וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם מְשִׁיחֶךָ | -89.39 | But you yourself have rejected and refused You have passed over with your anointed | the lament follows at the failure of the Davidic line |
אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחֶךָ | -89.52 | that your enemies יְהוָה have reproached that they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed | the enemies are triumphant |
אַל תִּגְּעוּ בִמְשִׁיחָי וְלִנְבִיאַי אַל תָּרֵעוּ | 105.15 | do not touch my anointed and to my prophets do no evil | the anointed is the whole people |
בַּעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדֶּךָ אַל תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ | 132.10 | on behalf of David your servant do not turn away the presence of your anointed | anointed is a frame with a promise in Psalm 132 |
שָׁם אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי | 132.17 | There I will cause the horn Of David to grow I have arranged a lamp for my anointed | The psalms do more than give room for hope. They provide the framework in which the anointed may grow and learn mercy |
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