89:38 But you have spurned 1 and rejected him;
you are angry with your chosen king. 2
89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. 3
1 tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.
2 tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (mÿshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).
3 tn Heb “[by] which your enemies, O