Psalms 89:39
Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.
40Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Cross References
Psalms 44:10Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Psalms 74:7They have set thy sanctuary on fire. They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 89:34I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Isaiah 25:12And the high fortress of thy walls he has brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us! For we have sinned.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:39-52
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43… Read the whole commentary →