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Psalms 89:39
39But You have cast off and spurned, You have become furious with Your anointed one.
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
37his descendants will endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me, 38and as the moon, established forever, and a trustworthy witness in the sky.” Selah But You have cast off and spurned, You have become furious with Your anointed one. 40You have renounced the covenant of Your servant. You have defiled his crown even to the ground. 41You have broken down all his walls. You reduced his strongholds to ruin.
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 89:34But I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, nor will I betray My faithfulness.
- Psalms 77:10Has God forgotten to be gracious? Or has He in anger withdrawn his mercies?” Selah
- Psalms 116:11even when I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
- John 13:7Yeshua responded, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”
- Psalms 89:44You turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
- Psalms 74:7They set Your Sanctuary on fire, burning it to the ground. They defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
- Psalms 143:3For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
- Isaiah 25:12He will level your high-fortified walls, lay them low, and cast them down to the ground, down to dust.
- Isaiah 43:28So I profaned the Sanctuary officials, and gave Jacob over to destruction, and Israel to scorn.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Oy 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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