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Psalms 89:39
39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.
Context of Psalms 89:39
37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah 38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. 40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of 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 alter the word that went forth from my lips.
- Psalms 77:10Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
- Psalms 116:11I said in my alarm, "All mankind are liars."
- John 13:7Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."
- Psalms 89:44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
- Psalms 74:7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
- Isaiah 25:12And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
- Isaiah 43:28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.
- 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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