Psalms 89:38

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant,.... His servant David the Messiah, Psa 89:3, meaning not the covenant of circumcision, nor the covenant at Sinai, which were really made void at the…

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…

In these verses we have,

I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. "Thou…

But present realities are in appalling contrast to this glorious promise: the king is rejected and dethroned, his kingdom is overrun by invaders, his enemies are triumphant.