en_tn/psa/027/002.md

when evildoers drew near

"when people who do evil came close"

to devour my flesh

The idea of devouring something represents destroying something completely. AT: "to destroy me." He did not mean that they wanted to eat his body. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

my adversaries and my enemies

These are the evildoers who came near to him.

Though an army encamps against me

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

My heart will not fear

AT: "I will not be afraid"

though war rises up

AT: "though my enemies rise up to fight against me"

remain confident

AT: "trust God to help me"