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# Do not give me up to the desires of my enemies
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The abstract noun "desires" can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "Do not let my enemies do to me what they desire" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# have risen up against me
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"Risen up" here is an idiom meaning that a witness stood in court to present testimony. Alternate translation: "have stood up in order to speak against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# they breathe out violence
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Here violence is spoken for as if it was something a person could breathe out. Alternate translation: "they say that they will do violent things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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