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 # For this our heart has become sick
 
-The "heart" represents a person's emotions. This speaks of a person being discouraged as if their emotions were sick. Alternate translation: "Because of this we are discouraged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"Because of this we are discouraged"
 
 # for these things our eyes grow dim
 
-This means that they have a hard time seeing because they are crying. Alternate translation: "and we can hardly see because our eyes are full of tears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"and we can hardly see because of our tears"