Psalms 89:41 meaning and explanation

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalms 89:41, Berean Standard Bible

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Ethan the Ezrahite is speaking, lamenting that God's anointed king, heir to the promises to David, now sits humiliated. In verses 38 to 45 the psalm turns sharply from praise to protest: the king's walls are broken, his strongholds rubble, and travelers help themselves to what is left.

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