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Psalms 89:45

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

KJV

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

ASV

הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ מִ/טְּהָר֑/וֹ וְ֝/כִסְא֗/וֹ לָ/אָ֥רֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה

Hebrew

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

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
טֹֽהַר
thr
noun · 2×
מְגוּרֵ֤י
mgvry
verb · 2×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
  • Obad 1:10 — For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
  • Ps 44:15 — My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
  • Ps 102:23 — He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
  • Ps 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.