New Living Translation
Psalms 89:41
41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
Psalms 89:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
- New International Version (NIV)All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
Context of Psalms 89:41
39You 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. Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors. 42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice. 43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:41 word by word
שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:41
- Psalms 44:10You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
- Psalms 80:13The wild boar from the forest devours it, and the wild animals feed on it.
- Isaiah 10:6I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
- Jeremiah 50:17“The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
- Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
- Psalms 79:4We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
- Nehemiah 5:9Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
- Jeremiah 29:18Yes, I will pursue them with war, famine, and disease, and I will scatter them around the world. In every nation where I send them, I will make them an object of damnation, horror, contempt, and mockery.
- Jeremiah 42:18“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’
- Jeremiah 44:8Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.
- Lamentations 5:1Lord, remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced!
- Ezekiel 5:14“So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.
- Daniel 9:16In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41All that pass bay the way spoil him - The land is in the condition of a vineyard, the hedge of which is broken down, so that they who pass by may pull the grapes, and dismantle or tear down the vines. The Chaldeans and the Assyrians began the ravage; the Samaritans on the one hand, and the Idumeans on the other, have completed it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41All that pass by the way spoil him - The sentiment here is substantially the same as in Psalm 80:12. See the notes at that place. The idea is that of fields or vineyards, where all the fences, the walls, and the hedges are thrown down so that they become like an open common. He is a reproach to his neighbors - An object of ridicule, as if he were forsaken by God; as if east out and despised.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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