# 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"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/evildoer]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/flesh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]