Psalms 89:41

³⁹ 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.

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

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: All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
KJV: All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
WEB: All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
ASV: All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
DARBY: All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
BLB: All passing by the way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

ÅB: Alle de som går forbi på veien, har plyndret ham; han er blitt til hån for sine naboer.
OTB: Alle som går forbi plyndrer ham;
Han har blitt en skam for sine naboer.
B1930: Alle de som går forbi på veien, har plyndret ham; han er blitt til hån for sine naboer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
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Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
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Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
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Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
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Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
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Psalms 44:10–14
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
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Jeremiah 42:18
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
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Nehemiah 5:9
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
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