89:39 You have repudiated 1 your covenant with your servant; 2
you have thrown his crown to the ground. 3
89:40 You have broken down all his 4 walls;
you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
[89:39] 1 tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
[89:39] 2 tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
[89:39] 3 tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”
[89:40] 4 tn The king here represents the land and cities over which he rules.
