New King James Version
Psalms 89:39
39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it 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 Living Translation (NLT)You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.
Context of Psalms 89:39
37It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah 38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. You 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. 41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach 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 89:34My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
- Psalms 77:10And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember 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 am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
- Psalms 89:44You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
- Psalms 74:7They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead.
- Isaiah 25:12The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down, lay low, And bring to the ground, down to the dust.
- Isaiah 43:28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.
- 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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