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 # I have sinned, and I have acted perversely
 
-These phrases mean the same thing and are combined for emphasis. Alternate translation: "I have sinned terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
+"I have sinned terribly"
 
 # But these sheep, what have they done?
 
-David uses a question and compares the people to sheep to emphasize that they have done nothing wrong. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "These ordinary people have done nothing wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"These ordinary people have done nothing wrong."
 
 # Please let your hand punish me
 
-Here the metonym "hand" refers to power. Alternate translation: "Please punish me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"Please punish me"