# supported

Someone who has been encouraged is spoken of as if he were kept from falling down. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# falling

Here becoming discouraged is spoken of as if it were falling down. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# you have made feeble knees strong

Here discouragement is spoken of as if it were a person whose weak knees could not keep him upright. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])