New King James Version
Psalms 89:38
38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.
Psalms 89:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- New International Version (NIV)But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against 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
36His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me; 37It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. 39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:38 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:38
- Psalms 44:9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.
- Psalms 60:1O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!
- Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
- Hosea 9:17My God will cast them away, Because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Psalms 78:59When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
- Psalms 106:40Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:19“And when the Lord saw it, He spurned them, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of a set feast.
- Zechariah 11:8I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Psalms 89:51With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
- Psalms 84:9O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
- 2 Samuel 1:21“O mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, Nor fields of offerings. For the shield of the mighty is cast away there! The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 15:26But if He says thus: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:1Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel along with him.
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
Topics related to Psalms 89:38
In the dictionaries
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries