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Psalms 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:46.

הִ֭קְצַרְתָּhiqtsartamuch discouragedקָצַרverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “much discouraged”, a completed actionH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.יְמֵ֣יyemeas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עֲלוּמָ֑יוalumayvyouthעָלוּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5934(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigoryouth.הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָheetitacoverעָטָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cover”, a completed actionH5844to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or rollarray self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.עָלָ֖יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בּוּשָׁ֣הbushahshameבּוּשָׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “shame”, the ordinary formH955shameshame.סֶֽלָהselahSelahסֶלָהparticle, interjection — “Selah”H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pauseSelah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

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American Standard Version (1901)

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.

World English Bible

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Darby Translation

The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐσμίκρυνας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, κατέχεας αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνην· διάψαλμα.