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Psalms 89:40

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:41.

פָּרַ֥צְתָּparatstabreakפָּרַץverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יוgederotayvcote hedgeגְּדֵרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cote hedge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1448enclosure (especially for flocks)(sheep-) cote (fold) hedge, wall.שַׂ֖מְתָּsamtaputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…מִבְצָרָ֣יוmivtsarayvfencedמִבְצָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fenced”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).מְחִתָּהmechitahruinמְחִתָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “ruin”, the ordinary formH4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternationdestruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

World English Bible

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Darby Translation

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθεῖλες πάντας τοὺς φραγμοῦς αὐτοῦ, ἔθου τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτοῦ δειλίαν.