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keep watch over your souls
The believers' souls, that is, the believers' spiritual well-being, are spoken of as if they were objects or animals that guards could keep watch over. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
not with groaning
Here "groaning" stands for sadness or grief. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)