Font Size
Psalm 89:38-52
Contemporary English Version
Psalm 89:38-52
Contemporary English Version
38 You are now angry, Lord,
and you have turned your back
on your chosen king.
39 You broke off your agreement
with your servant, the king,
and you completely destroyed
his kingdom.
40 The walls of his city
have been broken through,
and every fortress
now lies in ruins.
41 All who pass by
take what they want,
and nations everywhere
joke about the king.
42 You made his enemies powerful
and let them celebrate.
43 But you forced him to retreat
because you did not fight
on his side.
44 You took his crown[a]
and threw his throne
in the dirt.
45 You made an old man of him
and put him to shame.
46 How much longer, Lord?
Will you hide forever?
How long will your anger
keep burning like fire?
47 Remember, life is short![b]
Why did you empty our lives
of all meaning?
48 No one can escape the power
of death and the grave.
49 Our Lord, where is the love
you have always shown
and that you promised
so faithfully to David?
50 Remember your servant, Lord!
People make jokes about me,
and I suffer many insults.
51 I am your chosen one,
but your enemies chase
and make fun of me.
52 Our Lord, we praise you
forever. Amen and amen.
Psalm 89:38-52
New International Version
Psalm 89:38-52
New International Version
38 But you have rejected,(A) you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.(B)
40 You have broken through all his walls(C)
and reduced his strongholds(D) to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered(E) him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(F)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(G)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in battle.(H)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(I) the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(J)
46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?(K)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(L)
For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
or who can escape the power of the grave?(M)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[a] been mocked,(N)
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(O)
52 Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.(P)
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have
Contemporary English Version (CEV) 
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.