All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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(89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
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Passages linked to Psalms 89:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
- Psalms 44:10-14 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves. You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations. You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale. You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Psalms 74:10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Psalms 80:13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
- Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Jeremiah 24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.
- Jeremiah 29:18 I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
- Jeremiah 42:18 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
- Jeremiah 44:8 in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 50:17 “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
- Lamentations 5:1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
- Ezekiel 5:14-15 “ ‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by. So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Yahweh, have spoken it—
- Daniel 9:16 Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
- Jeremiah 44:12 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil…
Psa 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Ver. 41. All that pass by the way spoil him] They rob and rifle him: such havoc was made by Shisbak, and is still by the Church’s enemies, Heb 10:34.
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He is a reproach to his neighbours] Who now look upon him as a king of clouts, and ask, Where is his invincible majesty?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain An object of their scorn and reproach. Is this…
An object of their scorn and reproach. Is this the anointed of the Lord? Is this the everlasting family and kingdom?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou hast set up the right hand of his…
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries,.... Suffered them to become powerful, and to prevail against him; as the wicked Jews, and Satan, and his principalities and powers, at the time of Christ's apprehension, crucifixion, and death; for then were their hour, and the power of darkness, Luk 22:53, death also had dominion over him, and held him under the power of it for awhile: the enemies of his interest, Rome Pagan, and Rome Papal, have, in their turns, had their right hands set up, and have had power, and prevailed over it; and the latter will again, at the slaying of the witnesses: all which, though it seems contrary to Psa 89:21, yet is not; for Satan, though he bruised Christ's heel, yet Christ bruised his head, destroyed his works, and him himself, and that by dying; and spoiled his principalities and powers; and death could not hold him long, nor has it now any dominion over him, and is abolished by him; and antichrist, and all the antichristian powers, will be destroyed by him ere long:
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice; as they did when they had got him on the cross; and especially when he was laid in the grave, Psa 22:7, and as the antichristian party will when his witnesses are slain, Rev 11:10, but as the joy of the former was short lived, and was soon turned into sorrow, so will be that of the latter.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. All that pass by the way spoil…
Verse 41. All that pass by the way spoil him.] The land is in the condition of a vineyard, the hedge of which is broken down, so that they who pass by may pull the grapes, and dismantle or tear down the vines. The Chaldeans and the Assyrians began the ravage; the Samaritans on the one hand, and the Idumeans on the other, have completed it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain All that pass by the way spoil him -…
All that pass by the way spoil him - The sentiment here is substantially the same as in Psa 80:12. See the notes at that place. The idea is that of fields or vineyards, where all the fences, the walls, and the hedges are thrown down so that they become like an open common.
He is a reproach to his neighbors - An object of ridicule, as if he were forsaken by God; as if east out and despised.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 41. All that pass by the way spoil him—So…
41. All that pass by the way spoil him—So destitute is he of either military defences or protective government, that even the casual traveller, as he goes along, makes free plunder of his substance.
Neighbours— Bordering tribes and nations.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. The first line from Psa_80:12, with the substitution…
41. The first line from Psa_80:12, with the substitution of spoil for pluck: the second from Psa_79:4; cp. Psa_44:13. The ‘neighbours’ are surrounding nations, once tributary to Israel.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All that pass by the way spoil him. This…
All that pass by the way spoil him. This feature of the situation recalls 2Ki_24:2, but might, no doubt, suit also other times of distress. He is a reproach to his neighbours; or, "he is become a reproach". (comp. Neh_1:3 Neh_2:17 Psa_44:13 Psa_79:4, etc.)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 41. All that pass by the way spoil…
Ver. 41. All that pass by the way spoil him. Idle passers by, who have nothing else to do, must needs have a pluck at this vine, and they do it without difficulty, since the hedges are gone. Woe is the day when every petty reasoner has an argument against religion, and men in their cups are fluent with objections against the gospel of Jesus. Although Jesus on the cross is nothing to them, and they pass him by without inquiring into what he has done for them, yet they can loiter as long as you will, if there be but the hope of driving another nail into his hands and helping to crucify the Lord afresh. They will not touch him with the finger of faith, but they pluck at him with the hand of malice.
He is a reproach to his neighbours. David's successors had unneighbourly neighbours, who were a reproach to good fellowship, because they were so ready to reproach their neighbour. The Jews were much taunted by the surrounding Gentiles when at any time they fell into trouble. At this time the people of God, who follow the Lord fully, are subject to a thousand reproaches, and some of them of the most bitter kind. These reproaches are really the reproach of Christ, and, at bottom, are meant for him. Shall it always be so? Shall he, who deserves to be universally adored, be subject to general scorn? Where, then, O God, is thy faithfulness to thy covenant?
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Psalms 89:42*
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 to his neighbors
to his neighbors
Here "neighbors" means people of nearby nations.
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raised the right hand of his enemies
Here "right hand" represents power. To "raise the right hand" means that Yahweh has made his enemies strong enough to defeat God's chosen king. (See: Metonymy and Symbolic Action)
turn back the edge of his sword
Here "sword" represents the king's power in battle. To turn the sword back represents making the king unable to win in battle. (See: Metonymy and Idiom)
the edge of his sword
Here "edge" represents the whole sword. AT: "his sword" (See: Synecdoche)
have not made him stand when in battle
Here "stand" represents being victorious in battle. AT: "You have not helped him to be victorious in battle" (See: Metonymy)
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neighbor
raise
right hand
joy
sword
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