Psalm 89:38-51

Common English Bible

³⁸ But you, God, have rejected and despised him.
    You’ve become infuriated with your anointed one.
³⁹     You’ve canceled the covenant with your servant.
    You’ve thrown his crown in the dirt.
⁴⁰     You’ve broken through all his walls.
    You’ve made his strongholds a pile of ruins.
⁴¹ All those who pass by plunder him.
    He’s nothing but a joke to his neighbors.
⁴² You lifted high his foes’ strong hand.
    You gave all his enemies reason to celebrate.
⁴³ Yes, you dulled the edge of his sword
    and didn’t support him in battle.
⁴⁴     You’ve put an end to his splendor.
    You’ve thrown his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵     You’ve shortened the prime of his life.
    You’ve wrapped him up in shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long will it last, Lord?
    Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my life is!
    Have you created humans for no good reason?
⁴⁸ Who lives their life without seeing death?
    Who is ever rescued from the grip of the grave?^[a] Selah
⁴⁹ Where now are your loving acts
    from long ago, my Lord—
    the same ones you promised to David
    by your own faithfulness?
⁵⁰ Remember your servant’s abuse, my Lord!
    Remember how I bear in my heart
    all the insults of the nations,^[b]
51         the ones your enemies, Lord, use—
        the ones they use to abuse
        every step your anointed one takes.