Psalms 89:38

“But thou hast cast off, etc.] Here begin objections to what is before said, and swore to; even to the everlasting love of God, to Christ, and to his seed, to the unchangeableness and unalterableness of the covenant, and to the continuance and perpetuity of the kingdom and church of Christ, taken from the dealings of the Lord with the Messiah and his people; which were made either by the psalmist, under a spirit of prophecy, foreseeing what would come to pass; or by the apostles and church of Christ, about the time of his sufferings and death, and after; when he seemed to be “cast off”, and rejected by the Lord, particularly when he forsook him, and hid his face from him, (<402746>Matthew…”

“But thou hast cast off - literally, Thou hast treated as a foul, offensive thing; thou hast treated him to whom these promises were made, as if he were a vile and detestable object - as that which one throws away because it is worthless or offensive. And abhorred - Hast despised; that is, as if it were an object of aversion or contempt. Compare Psalms 60:1, Psalms 60:10. Thou hast been wroth - literally, “Thou hast suffered (thine anger) to overflow,” or to pour itself forth. See Psalms 78:21, Psalms 78:59. With thine anointed - With him who had been anointed as king - anointed as thine own - to administer justice, and to rule for thee. 1Sa 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:13. This might seem to refer to…”

“But - Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now humbly expostulates with God about it. Psalms 89:45”

“89:38 You are angry: The harshness of God’s wrath perplexes the psalmist.”

“But: Psa. 44:9-26, Psa 60:1, Psa 60:10, Psa 77:7; Ch1 28:9; Jer 12:1; Hos 9:17 and: Psa 78:59, Psa 106:40; Deu 32:19; Lam 2:7; Zac 11:8 wroth: Psa 89:51, Psa 84:9; Sa2 1:21, Sa2 15:26; Ch2 12:1-12; Lam 4:20; Zac 13:7 Psalms 89:39”

“Now after the poet has turned his thoughts towards the beginnings of the house of David which were so rich in promise, in order that he might find comfort under the sorrowful present, the contrast of the two periods is become all the more sensible to him. With ואתּה in Psa 89:39 (And Thou - the same who hast promised and affirmed this with an oath) his Psalm takes a new turn, for which reason it might even have been ועתּה. זנח is used just as absolutely here as in Psa 44:24; Psa 74:1; Psa 77:8, so that it does not require any object to be supplied out of Psa 89:39. נארתּה in Psa 89:40 the lxx renders kate'strepsas; it is better rendered in Lam 2:7 ἀπετίναξε; for נאר is synonymous with נער,…”