en_tn_condensed/psa/089/045.md

You have shortened the days of his youth

This is a way of saying God made the king seem old even while he was still young. Alternate translation: "Even while he is young you have made him weak like an old man" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)

the days of his youth

"the time when he was young and strong"

covered him with shame

Yahweh completely humiliating the king is spoken of as if shame were a garment that God used to cover the king. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)