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# I eat ashes like bread
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David would have sat in ashes as an act of mourning, therefore ashes would have fallen on his food. AT: "I eat ashes like I eat bread" or "As I mourn, ashes fall on the bread that I eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# mix my drink with tears
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David did not purposefully mix his drink with tears; rather his tear would have fallen into his cup while he mourned and wept. AT: "my tears fall into the cup that I drink" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# you have lifted me up to throw me down
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God has not literally lifted and thrown David's body to the ground; rather David says this to describe what he is feeling and experiencing. AT: "it is like you have lifted me up to throw me down" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ash]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rage]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]] |