# deal kindly with me

This is a request for Yahweh to treat him kindly. AT: "treat me kindly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# your name's sake

"the sake of your reputation"

# Because your covenant faithfulness is good

The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. AT: "Because you are good and are faithful to your covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# oppressed and needy

These two words have similar meanings and emphasize that he is unable to help himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# my heart is wounded within me

Here David speaks of being in great despair as his heart being wounded. AT: "I am full of grief and despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# I am fading away like the shadow ... like a locust

David feels like he is going to die soon and describes this feeling by comparing himself to a fading shadow and to how the wind blows away locust. AT: "I feel like I am about to die, like an evening shadow that will soon disappear, like a locust is easily blown away by the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenantfaith]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/oppress]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shadow]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/locust]]