The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.

Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.