Psalms 89:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶךָ

Transliteration

And-ʾattâ zānaḥtā watimʾās hitʿabbartā with-mᵉšîḥekā

Grammar Details

*wᵉ-ʾattâ*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - and you
*zānaḥtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have rejected
*wa-timʾās*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and you rejected
*hitʿabbartā*: verb, hithpael perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been furious
*ʿim-mᵉšîḥekā*: preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with your anointed

Word Meanings

*zānaḥtā*: you have rejected/cast off/spurned
*watimʾās*: and you rejected/spurned/despised
*hitʿabbartā*: you have been furious/angry/crossed
*mᵉšîḥekā*: your anointed one/your messiah

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 74:7 : 7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground.
Lam 5:16 : 16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
John 13:7 : 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter.
Ps 77:10 : 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Ps 89:34-36 : 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
Ps 89:44 : 44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Isa 25:12 : 12 And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Isa 43:28 : 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 89:38
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38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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Isa 14:19
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