# the voice of your adversaries

The word "voice" is a metonym for the words people use when they speak. Alternate translation: "what your adversaries are saying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# or the uproar of those who continually defy you

The psalmist speaks of the words of those who defy God as if they were the loud sound of animals or non-living objects like water or the wind. Alternate translation: "and pay attention to the loud and meaningless words of those who continually defy you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# defy

boldly oppose