Psalms 89:40
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
In Context
39But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
41Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:2And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord)
Job 1:10Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth ?
Psalms 80:12It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
Lamentations 2:2Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.
Ezekiel 21:31And I will pour out upon thee my indignation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish and contrive thy 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 →