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General Information:
In these verses Peter quotes from the Psalms. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)
to love life and see good days
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the desire to have a good life. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
see good days
Here experiencing good things is spoken of as seeing good days. The word "days" refers to one's lifetime. Alternate translation: "experience good things during life" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
stop his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit
The words "tongue" and "lips" refer to the person who is speaking. The phrases "his tongue from evil" and "his lips from speaking deceit" mean basically the same thing and emphasize the command not to lie. Alternate translation: "stop himself from saying evil and deceitful things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)