Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 89:38
38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Psalms 89:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- New International Version (NIV)But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.
Context of Psalms 89:38
36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, 37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one. 39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. 40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 89:38
- Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Psalms 78:59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
- Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Psalms 89:51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- Psalms 84:9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
- 2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 15:26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:1After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38But thou hast cast off - Hitherto the psalmist has spoken of the covenant of God with David and his family, which led them to expect all manner of prosperity, and a perpetuity of the Jewish throne; now he shews what appears to him a failure of the promise, and what he calls in the next verse the making void the covenant of his servant. God cannot lie to David; how is it then that his crown is profaned, that it is cast down to the ground; the land being…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38But thou hast cast off - literally, Thou hast treated as a foul, offensive thing; thou hast treated him to whom these promises were made, as if he were a vile and detestable object - as that which one throws away because it is worthless or offensive. And abhorred - Hast despised; that is, as if it were an object of aversion or contempt. Compare Psalm 60:1, Psalm 60:10. Thou hast been wroth - literally, “Thou hast suffered (thine anger) to overflow,” or to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-52Verses 38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God seemed to have cast him off, yet did not make void his covenant, for that was established for ever. The honour of the house of David was lost. Thrones and crowns are often laid in the dust; but there is a crown of glory reserved for Christ's spiritual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38You are enraged: The psalmist is confused by the severity of God's anger.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-5238-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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