Psalms 89:39
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, || You have defiled his crown to the earth,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38And You, You have cast off, and reject, || You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
40You have broken down all his hedges, || You have made his fortifications a ruin.
Cross References
Psalms 44:10You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, || And those hating us, || Have spoiled for themselves.
Psalms 74:7They have sent Your sanctuary into fire, || They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth,
Psalms 89:34I do not profane My covenant, || And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”
Isaiah 25:12And the fortress of the high place of your walls || He has bowed down—He has made low, || He has caused [it] to come to the earth—to dust.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen [from] our head, || Woe [is] now 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 →