unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/090/009.md

# Our life passes away under your wrath

The word "because" can be used to make clear that God's wrath causes human life to end. AT: "Our lives come to an end because of your wrath" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-connectingwords]])

# like a sigh

The writer compares human life to a sigh to emphasize that life is very brief. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# seventy

"70" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# eighty

"80" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Even in our best years we experience trouble and sorrow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# we fly away

This is a polite way of referring to people dying. AT: "we die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])