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Psalms 89:39 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 89:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:396 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אַתָּ֣הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
זָ֭נַחְתָּzānaḥətā
you have spurnedverbH2186
remove far away
וַ/תִּמְאָ֑סwatiməʾās
and you have rejectedconjH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּhitəʿabarətā
you have been furiousverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
מְשִׁיחֶֽ/ךָməšiyḥekā
anointed yournounH4899
Messiah
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 89:39

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 89 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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