Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 89:39
39You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown.
Psalms 89:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- New International Version (NIV)You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Context of Psalms 89:39
37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah 38But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed. You 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. 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:39 word by word
נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:39
- Psalms 89:34I will not violate my covenant or change what my lips have said.
- Psalms 77:10So I say, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”
- John 13:7Jesus answered him, “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.”
- Psalms 89:44You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.
- Psalms 74:7They set your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of your name.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.
- Isaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, thrown to the ground, to the dust.
- Isaiah 43:28So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary, and set Jacob apart for destruction and Israel for scorn.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:39
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant - Thou hast dealt with him as if there were no such covenant; as if no such promise had been made to him. The word rendered “made void,” means to abhor, or reject. Thou hast profaned his crown, by casting it to the ground - literally, “Thou hast profaned to the earth his crown;” that is, Thou hast treated it as a polluted thing; a thing to be rejected and abhorred; a thing which one casts indignantly upon…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. 1-52Book Three (Psalms 73–89) starts and ends with serious questions. Psalm 89 begins with praise for how the Lord established David’s throne and kingdom (89:1–37). But later the psalmist protests that the Lord seems to have rejected his covenant with David (Psalm 89:38–51; see 2 Samuel 7:8–16).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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