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44 You have driven back his drawn sword
    and left him to fight without your support.
45 You have put an end to his glory
    and toppled his throne to the ground.
46 You have curtailed the time of his youth[a]
    and enveloped him in shame. Selah

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  1. Psalm 89:46 Curtailed the time of his youth: the Israelite royalty enjoyed only four and a half centuries of independence: this was the time of its youth (see Ps 129:1) after its birth in the wilderness (see Isa 46:3; Jer 2:2; Hos 11:1).