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# What can I say?
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Hezekiah uses a question to emphasize he has nothing left to say. This can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "I have nothing left to say." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# I will walk slowly
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This is an idiom. Here "walking" refers to living. Alternate translation: "I will like humbly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# all my years
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This refers to the rest of his life. The meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: "the rest of my life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# because of the bitterness of my soul
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The word "soul" is a metonym for the whole person. The phrase "bitterness of my soul" is an idiom for being very sad. Alternate translation: "because I am very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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