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19 lines
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## innumerable troubles surround me ##
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Here troubles are spoken of as if they were objects that surround and trap the speaker. AT: "there are more troubles around me than I can count" or "more troubles come to me than I can count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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## my iniquities ##
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AT: "the consequences of my iniquities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## have caught up with me ##
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The consequences of his iniquities are now harming him. Here iniquities are spoken of as if they were his enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## I am no longer able to see anything ##
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Versions differ in how to understand this difficult passage. It may mean that the speaker is crying so much that he cannot see anything because of his tears (see UDB).
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## my heart has failed me ##
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"I am very discouraged" (UDB)
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