Psalms 89:41
All who pass by the way rob him.He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
In Context
40You have broken down all his hedges.You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where the Lord shall lead you away.
Psalms 44:10You make us turn back from the adversary.Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors,a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up.I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
Jeremiah 42:18For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.'
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 →