# my heart was grieved

The word "heart" represents the person emphasizing their thoughts and feelings. AT: "I was very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# I was deeply wounded

The psalmist speaks of emotional pain as if it were physical pain by being pierced with a knife or arrow. AT: "I felt like someone had wounded me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# ignorant and lacked insight

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize how little he knew. AT: "very ignorant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# lacked insight

"understood nothing"

# you

This "you" refers to God.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]