The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
The psalm to which the verse belongs expresses the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives in the Babylonian captivity amid persecution and distress. Along with that distress, the surrounding psalms give encouragement and assurance of divine help and final deliverance. The verse is part of a prophecy concerning David and his greater Son, Jesus Christ. The David in the psalm is Christ as David the second, the Son of David who is to reign on David's throne.
The psalm presents a conditional promise of a kingdom to the descendants of Jacob, which they forfeited by disobedience under the old covenant and can regain only through an interest in Jesus, the prince soon to be crowned King. The verse belongs to David's prophetic song of deliverance, which is connected with the triumph of the Lord in the resurrection. The verse shows that God in wrath may shorten a person's years, in contrast to the years the Lord lengthens. The number of years is not the true measure of life; the true measure is whether life reaches its worthy end and is filled with good thoughts, purposes, and deeds.
The psalm to which the verse belongs expresses the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives in the Babylonian captivity amid persecution and distress. Along with that distress, the surrounding psalms give encouragement and assurance of divine help and final deliverance. The verse is part of a prophecy concerning David and his greater Son, Jesus Christ. The David in the psalm is Christ as David the second, the Son of David who is to reign on David's throne.
The psalm presents a conditional promise of a kingdom to the descendants of Jacob, which they forfeited by disobedience under the old covenant and can regain only through an interest in Jesus, the prince soon to be crowned King. The verse belongs to David's prophetic song of deliverance, which is connected with the triumph of the Lord in the resurrection. The verse shows that God in wrath may shorten a person's years, in contrast to the years the Lord lengthens. The number of years is not the true measure of life; the true measure is whether life reaches its worthy end and is filled with good thoughts, purposes, and deeds.