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# oppressed and needy
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These two words have similar meanings and emphasize that he is unable to help himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# my heart is wounded within me
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Here David speaks of being in great despair as his heart being wounded. Alternate translation: "I am full of grief and despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I am fading away like the shadow ... like a locust
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David feels like he is going to die soon and describes this feeling by comparing himself to a fading shadow and to how the wind blows away locust. Alternate translation: "I feel like I am about to die, like an evening shadow that will soon disappear, like a locust is easily blown away by the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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