Psalms 89:39

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

37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah. 38But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed: Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground: 40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. 41All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalms 89:39 word by word

נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 89:39

• Psalms 89:34My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
• Psalms 77:10Then said I, This is my weakness: — the years of the right hand of the Most High
• Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• John 13:7Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
• Psalms 89:44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
• Psalms 74:7They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
• Isaiah 25:12And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.
• Isaiah 43:28And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.
• Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto 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

Topics related to Psalms 89:39

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Alter
• Ethan
• Exact
• Forsake
• Job, Book of
• Stand
• Visit
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Crown
• Ezrahite

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