en_tn/psa/078/033.md

# General Information:

The writer continues telling of what God did to the Israelites.

# cut short their days

Here the word "days" refers to a lifetime. The idiom "to cut short ... days" means to cause someone to die before they have lived a long life. Alternate translation: "killed them while they were still young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])

# their years were filled with terror

Asaph speaks of years as if they were containers. Alternate translation: "year after year they were afraid all the time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`The writer continues telling of what God did to the Israelites.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# cut short their days`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here the word "days" refers to a lifetime. The idiom "to cut short ... days" means to cause someone to die before they have lived a long life. Alternate translation: "killed them while they were still young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])`
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			`# their years were filled with terror`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Asaph speaks of years as if they were containers. Alternate translation: "year after year they were afraid all the time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00