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39 You have repudiated[a] your covenant with your servant;[b]
you have thrown his crown to the ground.[c]
40 You have broken down all his[d] walls;
you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
41 All who pass by[e] have robbed him;
he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:39 tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
  2. Psalm 89:39 tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
  3. Psalm 89:39 tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”
  4. Psalm 89:40 tn The king here represents the land and cities over which he rules.
  5. Psalm 89:41 tn Heb “all the passersby on the road.”