“46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but
this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.” (Luke 7:46 KJV)
Matthew Henry wrote; “1. How highly he
magnifies God’s gracious vouchsafements to him (v. 5): "Thou preparest
a table before me; thou hast provided for me all things pertaining both to
life and godliness, all things requisite both for body and soul, for time and
eternity:’’ such a bountiful benefactor is God to all his people; and it
becomes them abundantly to utter his great goodness, as David here, who
acknowledges, (1.) That he had food convenient, a table spread, a cup filled,
meat for his hunger, drink for his thirst. (2.) That he had it carefully and
readily provided for him. His table was not spread with any thing that came next
to hand, but prepared, and prepared before him. (3.) That he was not
stinted, was not straitened, but had abundance: "My cup runs over,
enough for myself and my friends too.’’ (4.) That he had not only for
necessity, but for ornament and delight: Thou anointest my head with oil.
Samuel anointed him king, which was a certain pledge of further favor; but this
is rather an instance of the plenty with which God had blessed him, or an
allusion to the extraordinary entertainment of special friends, whose heads
they anointed with oil.”
(Psalms 23:1- 6)
