## when evildoers drew near ##

"when people who do evil came close"

## to devour my flesh ##

The idea of devouring something represents destroying something completely. AT: "to destroy me." He did not mean that they wanted to eat his body. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## my adversaries and my enemies ##

These are the evildoers who came near to him.

## Though an army encamps against me ##

AT: "though an army surrounds me" or "though an army puts its tents around me"

## My heart will not fear ##

AT: "I will not be afraid"

## though war rises up ##

AT: "though my enemies rise up to fight against me"

## remain confident ##

AT: "trust God to help me"