unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/027/002.md

# to devour my flesh

Destroying someone completely is spoken of as if it were devouring a person's flesh. He did not mean that they wanted to eat his body. AT: "to destroy me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# my adversaries and my enemies

These words mean the same thing. These are the evildoers who came near to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# stumbled and fell

This represents the writer's enemies failing to fulfill their plans to harm the writer. AT: "did not succeed" or "failed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Though an army encamps against me

"though an army surrounds me" or "though an army puts its tents around me"

# my heart will not fear

Here "heart" represents the whole person. AT: "I will not be afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# though war rises up against me

The writer's enemies are spoken of as if they themselves were a war. AT: "though my enemies come to fight against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# I will remain confident

"I will continue to trust God to help me"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# to devour my flesh`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Destroying someone completely is spoken of as if it were devouring a person's flesh. He did not mean that they wanted to eat his body. AT: "to destroy me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my adversaries and my enemies`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These words mean the same thing. These are the evildoers who came near to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# stumbled and fell`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This represents the writer's enemies failing to fulfill their plans to harm the writer. AT: "did not succeed" or "failed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Though an army encamps against me`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"though an army surrounds me" or "though an army puts its tents around me"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my heart will not fear`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "heart" represents the whole person. AT: "I will not be afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# though war rises up against me`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The writer's enemies are spoken of as if they themselves were a war. AT: "though my enemies come to fight against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I will remain confident`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"I will continue to trust God to help me"`