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# terror in the night
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The psalmist speaks of "terror" as if it were a spirit or fierce animal that could attack at night and so terrify people. AT: "things attacking you at night" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# in the night ... by day
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These two phrases taken together refer to all possible times of night and day. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the arrow that flies by day
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"Arrow" is a metonym for the people who shoot the arrows. AT: "people attacking you with arrows during the day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# or of the plague that roams
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The psalmist speaks of illness as if it were a person who went about at night killing other people. AT: "You will not be afraid of dying from illness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# roams
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goes wherever he wants to go at any time
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# in the darkness ... at noontime
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These two phrases taken together refer to all possible times of night and day. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# disease
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an illness that makes many people ill at the same time
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# A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand
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"Many people may fall all around you." If translating the exact numbers confuses the readers, you may omit them.
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# it will not reach you
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"the evil will not harm you"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/terror]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bowweapon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/plague]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darkness]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righthand]] |