Logos Bible Study

Psalm 89:38–45

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

89:38But you have spurned62 and rejected him;

you are angry with your chosen king.63

89:39You have repudiated64 your covenant with your servant;65

you have thrown his crown to the ground.66

89:40You have broken down all his67 walls;

you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

89:41All who pass by68 have robbed him;

he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

89:42You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious,69

and all his enemies to rejoice.

89:43You turn back70 his sword from the adversary,71

and have not sustained him in battle.72

89:44You have brought to an end his splendor,73

and have knocked74 his throne to the ground.

89:45You have cut short his youth,75

and have covered him with shame.

(Selah)

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 62 The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.
  2. 63 Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (méshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).
  3. 64 The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
  4. 65 Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
  5. 66 Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”
  6. 67 The king here represents the land and cities over which he rules.
  7. 68 Heb “all the passersby on the road.”
  8. 69 Heb “you have lifted up the right hand of his adversaries.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:13; 118:16).
  9. 70 The perfect verbal form predominates in vv. 38–45. The use of the imperfect in this one instance may be for rhetorical effect. The psalmist briefly lapses into dramatic mode, describing the king’s military defeat as if it were happening before his very eyes.
  10. 71 Heb “you turn back, rocky summit, his sword.” The Hebrew term צוּר (tsur, “rocky summit”) makes no sense here, unless it is a divine title understood as vocative, “you turn back, O Rocky Summit, his sword.” Some emend the form to צֹר (tsor, “flint”) on the basis of Josh 5:2, which uses the phrase חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים (kharvot tsurim, “flint knives”). The noun צֹר (tsor, “flint”) can then be taken as “flint-like edge,” indicating the sharpness of the sword. Others emend the form to אָחוֹר (’akhor, “backward”) or to מִצַּר (mitsar, “from the adversary”). The present translation reflects the latter, assuming an original reading תָּשִׁיב מִצָּר חַרְבּוֹ (tashiv mitsar kharbo), which was corrupted to תָּשִׁיב צָר חַרְבּוֹ (tashiv tsar kharbo) by virtual haplography (confusion of bet/mem is well-attested) with צָר (tsar, “adversary”) then being misinterpreted as צוּר in the later tradition.
  11. 72 Heb “and you have not caused him to stand in the battle.”
  12. 73 The Hebrew text appears to read, “you have brought to an end from his splendor,” but the form מִטְּהָרוֹ (mittéharo) should be slightly emended (the daghesh should be removed from the tet [ת]) and read simply “his splendor” (the initial mem [ם] is not the preposition, but a nominal prefix).
  13. 74 The Hebrew verb מָגַר (magar) occurs only here and perhaps in Ezek 21:17.
  14. 75 Heb “the days of his youth” (see as well Job 33:25).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But now you have cast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your anointed.

You have renounced the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dust.

You have breached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

All who pass by plunder him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not made him stand in battle.

You have made his splendor to cease

and cast his throne to the ground.

You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame. Selah

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But you have rejected, you have spurned,

you have been very angry with your anointed one.

You have renounced the covenant with your servant

and have defiled his crown in the dust.

You have broken through all his walls

and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

All who pass by have plundered him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword

and have not supported him in battle.

You have put an end to his splendor

and cast his throne to the ground.

You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.

You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have completely dishonored his crown.

You have broken down all his walls;

you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.

All who pass by plunder him;

he has become an object of ridicule

to his neighbors.

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have also turned back his sharp sword

and have not let him stand in battle.

You have made his splendor cease

and have overturned his throne.

You have shortened the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.

Selah

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

But now you have rejected him and cast him off.

You are angry with your anointed king.

You have renounced your covenant with him;

you have thrown his crown in the dust.

You have broken down the walls protecting him

and ruined every fort defending him.

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

You have strengthened his enemies

and made them all rejoice.

You have made his sword useless

and refused to help him in battle.

You have ended his splendor

and overturned his throne.

You have made him old before his time

and publicly disgraced him.

Interlude

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you have spurned and rejected;

you are very angry with your anointed one.

You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dirt.

You have broken down all his walls;

you have made his fortifications a ruin.

All passing along the road plunder him;

he has become a taunt to his neighbors.

You have raised the right hand of his adversaries.

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword

and have not helped him stand his ground in the battle.

You have made his splendor to cease,

and cast his throne to the ground.

You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame. Selah

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

But thou hast cast off and abhorred,

Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant:

Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges;

Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

All that pass by the way spoil him:

He is a reproach to his neighbours.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;

Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword,

And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Thou hast made his glory to cease,

And cast his throne down to the ground.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened:

Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Public Domain