Psalms 89:45

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. (Selah)

Berean Standard Bible:

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

The days{H3117} of his youth{H5934} hast thou shortened{H7114}{H8689)}: thou hast covered{H5844}{H8689)} him with shame{H955}. Selah{H5542}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 109:29

  • Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Psalms 44:15

  • My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Psalms 102:23

  • ¶ He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

Micah 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.

Psalms 71:13

  • Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Psalms 89:28

  • My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalms 89:29

  • His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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Commentary for Psalms 89:45

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a 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) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  2. Strong's Number: H5934
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָלוּם
    Transliteration: ʻâlûwm
    Pronunciation: aw-loom'
    Description: passive participle of עָלַם in the denominative sense of עֶלֶם; (only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor; youth.
  3. Strong's Number: H7114
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָצַר
    Transliteration: qâtsar
    Pronunciation: kaw-tsar'
    Description: a primitive root; to 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.
  4. Strong's Number: H5844
    There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָטָה
    Transliteration: ʻâṭâh
    Pronunciation: aw-taw'
    Description: a primitive root; to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll; array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.
  5. Strong's Number: H955
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוּשָׁה
    Transliteration: bûwshâh
    Pronunciation: boo-shaw'
    Description: feminine participle passive of בּוּשׁ; shame; shame.
  6. Strong's Number: H5542
    There are 74 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סֶלָה
    Transliteration: çelâh
    Pronunciation: seh'-law
    Description: from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.