Psalms 89:39
You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
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38But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
40You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Cross References
Psalms 44:10You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
Psalms 74:7They have burnt your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
Psalms 89:34I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
Isaiah 25:12He has brought the high fortress of your walls 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 →