Psalms 89:44
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
In Context
43Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
45Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:16Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying : What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.
Psalms 89:39But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
Daniel 7:20And concerning the ten horns that he had on his head: and concerning the other that came up, before which three horns fell: and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and was greater than the rest.
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 →