New English Translation
Psalms 89:39
39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.
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 will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.” (Selah) 38But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king. You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. 40You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins. 41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain 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 break my covenant or go back on what I promised.
- Psalms 77:10Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.
- Psalms 116:11I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”
- John 13:7Jesus replied, “You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”
- Psalms 89:44You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.
- Psalms 74:7They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.
- Psalms 143:3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
- Isaiah 25:12The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.
- Isaiah 43:28So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”
- 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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