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Psalms 89:38
38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
Psalms 89:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.
Context of Psalms 89:38
36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; 37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. 40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
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וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:38
- Psalms 44:9But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
- Jeremiah 12:1You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.
- Psalms 78:59When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.
- Psalms 106:40Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hands of 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 the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
- Psalms 89:51the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
- Psalms 84:9Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
- 2 Samuel 1:21“Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields. For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 15:26But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:1After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.
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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