Psalms 89:40
\89:39\You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
In Context
39\89:38\But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
41\89:40\All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:2Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,
Job 1:10Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
Psalms 80:12\80:11\It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.
Lamentations 2:2The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.
Ezekiel 21:31And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
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 →