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# torn by their teeth
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The enemies are spoken of as if they were wild animals that would destroy the Israelites by eating them. AT: "destroyed as if we were eaten by wild animals" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers
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The writer describes his escape from the enemies as if he was a bird that had escaped from the snare of the hunters. AT: "escaped from our enemies as a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# snare
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a small trap of string or wire made for catching small animals or birds
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# the snare has been broken
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The plot of the enemies to catch the writer failed as if it was a snare that had broken. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]] |