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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:48 Heb Sheol
  2. Psalm 89:50 Correction; MT all of many peoples

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