From 52c1b13e3336813e531431efaeb5592789bcdd52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:08:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update psa/039/005.md --- psa/039/005.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/psa/039/005.md b/psa/039/005.md index 93a6501040..d64f318611 100644 --- a/psa/039/005.md +++ b/psa/039/005.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # 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]]) +"only a very short time" # 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]]) +"the length of my life is barely any time at all" # 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]]) +"The time that humans live is as short as a single breath of a person"