# great suffering has taken hold of me
Saul's suffering is spoken of as something terrible that has grabbed hold of him. Alternate translation: "I am suffering terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
# life is still in me
This idiom means he is still alive. Alternate translation: "I am still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])