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Psalms 89:40-45
The ruin is depicted under several figures—a vineyard whose broken "hedges," and "strongholds," whose ruins invite spoilers and invaders; a warrior, whose enemies are aided by God, and whose sword's "edge"—literally, "rock" or "strength" (Joshua 5:2) is useless; and a youth prematurely old.
Psalms 89:38-52
present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor.
cast off—and rejected (compare Psalms 15:4; Psalms 43:2; Psalms 44:9).
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