en_tn/psa/039/005.md

# only the width of my hand

The writer speaks of his lifespan is if it could be measured by the width of his hand. Alternate translation: "only a very short time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# my lifetime is like nothing before you

This simile states that the length of the writer's life is so short that it does not exist. This is an exaggeration to stress how short it is. Alternate translation: "the length of my life is barely any time at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])

# Surely every man is a single breath

Life is short, and the psalmist speaks of it here as if it were only as long as the time it takes for a person to breathe one breath. Alternate translation: "The time that humans live is as short as a single breath of a person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# only the width of my hand`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The writer speaks of his lifespan is if it could be measured by the width of his hand. Alternate translation: "only a very short time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# my lifetime is like nothing before you`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This simile states that the length of the writer's life is so short that it does not exist. This is an exaggeration to stress how short it is. Alternate translation: "the length of my life is barely any time at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# Surely every man is a single breath`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Life is short, and the psalmist speaks of it here as if it were only as long as the time it takes for a person to breathe one breath. Alternate translation: "The time that humans live is as short as a single breath of a person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00