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Psalms 89:38
38But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed.
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 will continue forever, his throne like the sun before me, 37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed. 39You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown. 40You have broken down all his walls; you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:38 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:38
- Psalms 44:9But you have rejected and humiliated us; you do not march out with our armies.
- Psalms 60:1God, you have rejected us; you have broken us down; you have been angry. Restore us!
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“As 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 intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.
- Jeremiah 12:1You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet, I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
- Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; they will become wanderers among the nations.
- Psalms 78:59God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel.
- Psalms 106:40Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected his altar, repudiated his sanctuary; he has handed the walls of her palaces over to the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed festival.
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
- Psalms 89:51how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord, how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
- Psalms 84:9Consider our shield, God; look on the face of your anointed one.
- 2 Samuel 1:21Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, or fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was defiled — the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 15:26However, if he should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am — he can do with me whatever pleases him.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:1When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord — he and all Israel with him.
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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