Psalms 89:45 KJV
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Israel Cut OffSee the chain from Hosea 9:17 · 3 links
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 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,
- 2 Chronicles 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
- 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 89:28–29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. …
- Psalms 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
- Isaiah 63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
- 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.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Ethan See title
- Psalms Afflictions
Bible Dictionary
- SelahA word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab 3:9, Hab 3:13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The days יְמֵי yĕmê יוֹם Noun · masculine plural construct
- of his youth עֲלוּמָיו ʿălûmāyw עָלוּם Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- hast thou shortened הִקְצַרְתָּ hiqṣartā קָצַר Verb · hiphil perfect, second person masculine singular
- thou hast covered הֶעֱטִיתָ heʿĕṭîtā עָטָה Verb · hiphil perfect, second person masculine singular
- him with shame עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular בּוּשָׁה bûšâ בּוּשָׁה Noun · feminine singular
- Selah סֶלָה selâ סֶלָה Interjection
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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