Psalms

Psalm 89:39–40

39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant

and sullied his crown in the dust.

40You have broken down all his walls;

You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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Psalm 89:39

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You have renouncedנֵ֭אַרְתָּהnê·’ar·tāhVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularH5010 abhor, spurn
the covenantבְּרִ֣יתbə·rîṯNoun - feminine singular constructH1285 covenant
with Your servantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ‘aḇ·de·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH5650 slave, servant
and sulliedחִלַּ֖לְתָּḥil·lal·tāVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularH2490 bore, pierce
his crownנִזְרֽוֹ׃niz·rōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH5145 consecration, crown, Naziriteship
in the dustלָאָ֣רֶץlā·’ā·reṣPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land

Psalm 89:40

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You have broken downפָּרַ֥צְתָּpā·raṣ·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH6555 break through
allכָל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
his wallsגְּדֵרֹתָ֑יוgə·ḏê·rō·ṯāwNoun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singularH1448 wall
You have reducedשַׂ֖מְתָּśam·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH7760 put, place, set
his strongholdsמִבְצָרָ֣יוmiḇ·ṣā·rāwNoun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH4013 fortification
to rubbleמְחִתָּה׃mə·ḥit·tå̄hNoun - feminine singularH4288 terror, destruction, ruin

Cross-references

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Psalm 89:39 Lamentations 5:16 · Psalm 74:7 · Isaiah 43:28 · Psalm 89:34–36

Psalm 89:40 Psalm 80:12 · Lamentations 2:5 · Lamentations 2:2 · Job 1:10 · Isaiah 5:5–6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.