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No, the point is that when you put the verse in simple English it means death!Actually, there are quite a few translations that call for his death!!!
Psalm 109:8 CEV - Cut his life short and let someone else have h - Bible Online
Psalms 109:8 - The Message® (MSG)
8 Give him a short life, and give his job to somebody else.
Psalms 109:8 - New Century Version® (NCV)
8 Let his life be cut short, and let another man replace him as leader.
Psalms 109:8 - Good News Translation (GNT)
8 May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!
Psalms 109:8 - Good News Translation Catholic Edition (GNTCE)
8 May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!
Psalms 109:8 - Contemporary English Version (CEV)
8 Cut his life short and let someone else have his job.
That's what, 5.. compared to the 15 or so from my link.
point is it is not universally recognized as meaning DEATH, and that is the point.
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Simple. The President's office isn't held for life. So death is not the only way that his days may be few in office.
For example your link gives this description of the Good News Bible:
Good News Bible (Today's English Version) (TEV), completed in 1976, was translated by Robert G. Bratcher with six other scholars. This very free, though very accurate, translation avoids the use of traditional biblical vocabulary and communicates especially well with youth and the unchurched. Also published by the American Bible Society.
Psalms 109:8 - Good News Translation (GNT)
8 May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!
Psalms 109:8 - Good News Translation Catholic Edition (GNTCE)
8 May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!