King James Version
Psalms 89:45 in the King James Version says “The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 89 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.”
Psalms 89:45 · KJV
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. glory: Heb. brightness
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hast thou shortened”
H7114to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
“The days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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