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# General Information:
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This psalm continues to tell about how God cares for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exmetaphor]])
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# Even though I walk through a valley of darkest shadow
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The writer describes a person experiencing terrible trouble as if he were a sheep walking through a dark and dangerous valley. There a sheep could get lost or attacked by a wild animal. AT: "Though my life is like walking through a dark and dangerous valley" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I will not fear harm
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The abstract noun "harm" can be stated as a verb. AT: "I will not be afraid of something harming me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# you are with me
Here "you" refers to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
# your rod and your staff comfort me
The rod and staff represent protection because shepherds use them to protect their sheep from danger. AT: "I am not afraid because you protect me like a shepherd who protects his sheep with his rod and staff" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])