Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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Gill's Exposition
The days of his youth hast thou shortened,.... His days of joy and pleasure; such as days of youth are, in opposition to the days of old age, which are evil, Ecc 11:9, these were shortened when his…
Barnes' Notes
Thou hast made his glory to cease - Margin,” brightness.” Luther, “Thou destroyest his purity.” The original word means brightness, sp endour. The literal translation here would be, “Thou causest to…
In these verses we have,
I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. "Thou…
Cambridge Bible
his glory R.V. his brightness: the lustre of his kingdom.
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