“But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.”
The covenant's apparent dissolution: "You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust." The language of renunciation suggests God has actively repudiated what was sworn. The crown cast in dust represents the complete degradation of the Davidic line.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:38
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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