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## may it come back upon him ##
"may his curses come upon him"
## He clothed himself...into his bones ##
David uses these images to emphasize that curses filled every part of the man, even the innermost part of him. AT: "Curses became part of who he was and all he could do was curse other people." (See:5. Clothing is Moral Quality and 6. A Liquid is a Moral Quality in en:ta:workbench:translate:biblicalimagery )
## as his garment ##
"as if they were his clothing."
## came into his inner being ##
"entered into his body"
## like oil into his bones ##
AT: "curses went into his bones like oil goes into bones." The bones are the innermost part of a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])