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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:45

In 11 translations

BSB
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
KJV
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
WEB
You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
ASV
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah
LSV
You have shortened the days of his youth, || Have covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
YLT
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
DBY
The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
DRC88:46
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
GNV
The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. Selah.
JPS89:46
The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
LXXE88:46
Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.Alex. time.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC89:46
הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.89.45
LXX-Br88:46
ἐσμίκρυνας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, κατέχεας αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνην· διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 109:29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
  • Psalms 44:15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
  • Psalms 102:23He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
  • Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
  • 2 Chronicles 10:19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
  • Psalms 89:28–29I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  • Isaiah 63:18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
  • Psalms 71:13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 89:46 in some Bibles
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