## The wicked are estranged...they go astray ##

This is the same idea expressed in two different ways. (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## they go astray ##

"the wicked go astray"

## Their poison is like snake's poison ##

The wicked's poisonous words are compared to snake's poison. AT: "Their words cause pain like a snake's poison" (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## like a deaf adder that stops up its ears ##

The wicked are spoekn of as if they were snakes, which are deaf. AT: "They refuse to listen like a deaf adder that stops up its ears" (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## adder ##

A kind of poisonous snake.

## stops up its ears ##

AT: "cannot hear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## how skillful they are ##

"how skillful the snake charmers are at controlling snakes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])