Psalms 89:38
38But you have spurned ▼▼tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.
and rejected him;
you are angry with your chosen king. ▼▼tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase
מְשִׁיחֶךָ (
meshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see
Pss 2:2;
18:50;
20:6;
28:8;
84:9;
132:10,
17).
