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# I have sinned, and I have acted perversely
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These phrases mean the same thing and are combined for emphasis. Alternate translation: "I have sinned terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# But these sheep, what have they done?
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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/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Please let your hand punish me
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Here the metonym "hand" refers to power. Alternate translation: "Please punish me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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