Psalms 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Psalms 89:40 in other translations
| BSB | You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. |
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| WEB | You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| ASV | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| YLT | Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin. |
| DARBY | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| BBE | All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction. |
| Webster | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. |
What does Psalms 89:40 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:38-52
38-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:38-52
Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God seemed to have cast him off, yet did not make void his covenant, for that was established for ever. The honour of the house of David was lost. Thrones and crowns are often laid in the dust; but there is a crown of glory…
Psalms 89:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 89:40
- Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
- Lamentations 2:2
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
- Lamentations 2:5
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Isaiah 5:5-6
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- 2 Chronicles 12:2-5
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
- Revelation 13:1-7
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? …
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Context
- Psalms 89:39
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Psalms 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
- Psalms 89:41
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Psalms 89:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Aportillaste todos sus vallados; has quebrantado sus fortalezas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu as répudié l’alliance de ton serviteur, tu as profané sa couronne jusqu’en terre; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du hast niedergerissen alle seine Mauern, hast seine Festen in Trümmer gelegt. |