Psalms 89:39
37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- KJV
- Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- WEB
- You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
- ASV
- Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
- DARBY
- Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
- BLB
- You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have defiled his diadem on the ground.
- ÅB
- Du har ristet av deg pakten med din tjener, du har vanhelliget hans krone ned i støvet.
- OTB
- Du har sagt opp din pakts tjeners pakt;
Du har vanæret hans krone i støvet. - B1930
- Du har rystet av dig pakten med din tjener, du har vanhelliget hans krone ned i støvet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Read in contextPsalms 74:7
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:28
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
Read in contextPsalms 89:34–36
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Read in contextJohn 13:7
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
Read in contextIsaiah 25:12
The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
Read in contextPsalms 77:10
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Read in contextPsalms 89:44
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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