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Psalms 89:39
39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown 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.
- 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 be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude 38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king. You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust. 40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him. 41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:39 word by word
נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:39
- Psalms 89:34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.
- Psalms 77:10And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
- Psalms 116:11In my anxiety I cried out to you, “These people are all liars!”
- John 13:7Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.”
- Psalms 89:44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
- Psalms 74:7They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name.
- Psalms 143:3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
- Isaiah 25:12The high walls of Moab will be demolished. They will be brought down to the ground, down into the dust.
- Isaiah 43:28That is why I have disgraced your priests; I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame for Israel.
- Lamentations 5:16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because 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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