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You are angry with your anointed king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/89.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/89.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/89.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/89.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/89.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But You have rejected and refused, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/89.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/89.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been full of wrath against Thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/89.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/89.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful LORD] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/89.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/89.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/89.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/89.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are now angry, LORD, and you have turned your back on your chosen king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/89.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/89.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/89.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you are angry with your chosen king; you have deserted and rejected him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/89.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/89.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/89.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/89.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/89.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/89.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/89.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And You, You have cast off, and reject, "" You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/89.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/89.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou didst cast off, and thou wilt reject; thou didst overflow with thy Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/89.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/89.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 88:39>Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/89.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now you have rejected and spurned, been enraged at your anointed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/89.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But now you have spurned and rejected him; you are full of wrath against your anointed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/89.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But thou hast forsaken us and despised us, thou hast made thine anointed one to turn his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/89.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you have forgotten me and despised me and you have turned away the face of your anointed!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/89.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/89.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/89-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11299" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/89.htm">I Will Sing of His Love Forever</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">Now, however, You</a> <a href="/hebrew/2186.htm" title="2186: zā·naḥ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- Reject, forsake, fail. A primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. Reject, forsake, fail.">have spurned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: wat·tim·’ās (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">and rejected him;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: hiṯ·‘ab·bar·tā (V-Hitpael-Perf-2ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">You are enraged</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/4899.htm" title="4899: mə·šî·ḥe·ḵā (Adj-msc:: 2ms) -- Anointed. From mashach; anointed; usually a consecrated person; specifically, the Messiah.">Your anointed one.</a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">2 Samuel 7:14-15</a></span><br />I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. / But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-13.htm">1 Chronicles 17:13</a></span><br />I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">2 Samuel 7:16</a></span><br />Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11-13</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. / Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. / Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">1 Kings 9:4-9</a></span><br />And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ / But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a></span><br />“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20-21</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, / then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a></span><br />All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-42.htm">Matthew 21:42-43</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22</a></span><br />After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed.</p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm">Psalm 44:9</a></b></br> But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">Psalm 60:1,10</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7</a></b></br> Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?</p><p class="hdg">and</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Psalm 78:59</a></b></br> When God heard <i>this</i>, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-40.htm">Psalm 106:40</a></b></br> Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Deuteronomy 32:19</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw <i>it</i>, he abhorred <i>them</i>, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.</p><p class="hdg">wroth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-51.htm">Psalm 89:51</a></b></br> Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/84-9.htm">Psalm 84:9</a></b></br> Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-21.htm">2 Samuel 1:21</a></b></br> Ye mountains of Gilboa, <i>let there be</i> no dew, neither <i>let there be</i> rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, <i>as though he had</i> not <i>been</i> anointed with oil.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/89-20.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/psalms/88-14.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/88-14.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/89-3.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/psalms/78-11.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Spurned</a> <a href="/psalms/89-26.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/psalms/86-10.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/89-51.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/psalms/89-44.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/psalms/90-14.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/psalms/90-16.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Spurned</a> <a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 89</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-1.htm">The psalmist praises God for his covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-5.htm">For his wonderful power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-15.htm">For the care of his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">For his favor to the kingdom of David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm">Then complaining of contrary events</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">He expostulates, prays, and blesses God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The psalmist is lamenting a perceived breach in this covenant, possibly during a time of national crisis or defeat. Historically, this could refer to events such as the Babylonian exile, where the Davidic line seemed to be in jeopardy. Theologically, it reflects the tension between God's promises and the reality of Israel's circumstances. The use of "spurned" and "rejected" suggests a deep sense of betrayal and abandonment, echoing the cries of other biblical figures who felt forsaken, such as Job or Jeremiah.<p><b>You are enraged by Your anointed one.</b><br>The "anointed one" refers to the king, specifically a descendant of David, as the term "anointed" (Hebrew: "mashiach") is often used for kings in the Old Testament. This phrase suggests that God's anger is directed towards the king, which could be due to the king's sin or failure to uphold the covenant. In a broader theological context, this can be seen as a type of Christ, the ultimate Anointed One, who also experienced rejection and bore the wrath of God on behalf of humanity. The psalmist's lament foreshadows the suffering of Jesus, who, despite being God's chosen, faced rejection and divine wrath on the cross. This connection underscores the mystery of God's plan, where apparent rejection leads to ultimate redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist (Ethan the Ezrahite)</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/89.htm">Psalm 89</a>, who is expressing lament over God's apparent rejection of the Davidic covenant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure in the Psalm, whose actions of rejection and anger are being addressed.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_anointed_one.htm">The Anointed One (Davidic King)</a></b><br>Refers to the king from David's line, who is seen as God's chosen leader for Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation that is experiencing turmoil and feels the impact of God's rejection of their king.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Davidic Covenant</a></b><br>The promise made by God to David, ensuring that his descendants would rule Israel forever.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_discipline.htm">Understanding God's Discipline</a></b><br>God's rejection and anger are not signs of His unfaithfulness but rather His discipline. <a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6</a> reminds us that the Lord disciplines those He loves.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_lament.htm">The Reality of Lament</a></b><br>Lament is a valid expression of faith. It allows believers to bring their deepest pains and questions before God, trusting in His ultimate sovereignty and goodness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Despite appearances, God remains faithful to His promises. The temporary rejection of the Davidic line points to a greater fulfillment in Christ, the ultimate Anointed One.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus, the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant, experienced rejection so that we might be accepted. Our hope is secure in Him, even when circumstances seem dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayerful_reflection.htm">Prayerful Reflection</a></b><br>In times of feeling rejected or abandoned, turn to prayer and Scripture, seeking God's presence and reassurance of His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_89.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 89</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_a_loving_god_send_people_to_hell.htm">If God is loving, why does He send people to Hell?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_psalm_89_34_consistent.htm">Psalm 89:34 insists God will never break His covenant, yet the psalmist laments the downfall of David’s lineage—how could this be seen as consistent? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_psalm_89_44-45_and_god's_promise_coexist.htm">In Psalm 89:44–45, God is said to cast David’s throne down to the ground, seemingly contradicting the earlier promise of its eternal endurance—how can both statements hold true? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_2_thess._2_10_contradict_god's_patience.htm">'If 2 Thessalonians 2:10 suggests people are deceived for rejecting truth, doesn't this contradict passages elsewhere that emphasize God's patience and desire for repentance?'</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/89.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">But thou.</span>--The poem takes a new departure here. God is reproached for violating the covenant, and the contrast between the actual condition of things in Israel at present, and the glorious destiny promised, is feelingly set forth.<p>The boldness of this expostulation has scandalised the Jewish expositors. But see exactly similar language, <a href="/psalms/44-9.htm" title="But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.">Psalm 44:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/44-22.htm" title="Yes, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.">Psalm 44:22</a>. The point of the poem, indeed, is gone if we soften down these expressions. The stronger the conviction of the inviolability of God's promises, the more vehement becomes the sense of right to expostulate at their seeming violation, the delay of the fulfilment of the covenant. We may illustrate by the Latin poet's<p>"Hic pietatis honos, sic nos in sceptra reponis?"<p>VIRGIL: <span class= "ital">'n. </span>1:25.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/89.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 38-45.</span> - A sudden and complete change here sets in. Rejoicing is turned into mourning, eulogy into complaint. Notwithstanding all the promises of God, notwithstanding his inherent and essential "faithfulness," the Davidical king and his kingdom are at the last gasp. <span class="accented">Seemingly</span>, every promise made has been broken, every hope held out of good turned into an actuality of evil. God is wroth with his anointed, has made void the covenant with him, profaned his crown and cast it to the ground, turned the edge of his sword, and made him not to stand in the battle; he has laid his land open to the enemy, broken down its defenses, brought its strongholds to ruin, given it as a spoil to all who pass by; he has set up the right hand of Israel's adversaries, caused them to rejoice and triumph in Israel's disgrace and suffering; he has covered the king with shame, and cut short the days of his youth. How is this? And what is to be the end of it? <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 38.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.</span> The first "thou" is emphatic - <span class="hebrew">אתּה</span>, THOU, "the faithful Witness;" THOU, who hast made all these promises, art the very One who has falsified them all - who hast "been wroth with thine anointed," abhorred (or rejected) him, and cast him off: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/89-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But You</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have spurned</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֭נַחְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(zā·naḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2186.htm">Strong's 2186: </a> </span><span class="str2">Reject, forsake, fail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and rejected him;</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּמְאָ֑ס</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tim·’ās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spurn, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You are enraged</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiṯ·‘ab·bar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your anointed one.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šî·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4899.htm">Strong's 4899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalm 89:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 89:38 But you have rejected and spurned (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/89-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 89:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 89:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 89:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 89:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>