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Psalms 89:40

89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

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You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin.

89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

What does Psalms 89:40 mean?

Psalms 89:40 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּרַץ (pârats), גְּדֵרָה (gᵉdêrâh), שׂוּם (sûwm).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thou
hast
broken
downפָּרַץpârats/paw-rats'/H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
all
his
hedges;גְּדֵרָהgᵉdêrâh/ghed-ay-raw'/H1448enclosure (especially for flocks)
thou
hast
broughtשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
his
strong
holdsמִבְצָרmibtsâr/mib-tsawr'/H4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
to
ruin.מְחִתָּהmᵉchittâh/mekh-it-taw'/H4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation

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Numbers 32:36

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

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What does Psalms 89:40 say?

Psalms 89:40 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin."

Is Psalms 89:40 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:40 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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