The fear of the LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
prolongeth days. increaseth days; not necessarily in number, but in greater value and importance.
shortened. cut down, or made little, as in Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1.Micah 2:7; Numbers 11:23; Numbers 21:4. (discouraged). Judges 10:16 (grieved); Proverbs 16:16 (vexed). Job 21:4 (troubled). Zechariah 11:8 (loathed). Psalms 102:23, where it refers to affliction, not to continued living.