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# General Information:
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Now the writer tells how God is like someone who welcomes a guest into his home and protects him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exmetaphor]])
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# You prepare a table
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A table represents a feast because people would put all the food on a table. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# in the presence of my enemies
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The meaning here is that the writer is not worried about his enemies because he is an honored guest of the Lord and therefore protected from harm. Alternate translation: "despite the presence of my enemies"
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# anointed my head with oil
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People sometimes put oil on their guests' heads in order to honor them.
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# my cup runs over
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Here a cup of wine that overflows represents many blessings. Alternate translation: "You fill my cup so much that it overflows" or "You give me many blessings" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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