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# day and night
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These extremes include everything in between. AT: "all the time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# your hand was heavy upon me
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Here "hand" refers to Yahweh. The entire phrase is an idiom that means "you afflicted me." AT: "you made me suffer greatly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# My strength withered as in summer drought
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David's strength is compared to a small, green plant that turns brown and crumbles in the dry season. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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