38 But you have rejected,(A) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.(B)
40 You have broken through all his walls(C)
    and reduced his strongholds(D) to ruins.

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38 But now you have (A)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your (B)anointed.
39 You have (C)renounced (D)the covenant with your servant;
    you have (E)defiled his (F)crown in the dust.
40 You have (G)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

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38 But You have (A)rejected and (B)refused,
You have been full of wrath [a]against Your (C)anointed.
39 You have [b](D)repudiated the covenant of Your servant;
You have (E)profaned (F)his crown [c]in the dust.
40 You have (G)broken down all his walls;
You have (H)brought his strongholds to ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:38 Lit with
  2. Psalm 89:39 I.e., scornfully rejected
  3. Psalm 89:39 Lit to the ground

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

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