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# Let all their wickedness come before you
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This is a request for Yahweh to judge Jerusalem's enemies for their wickedness. The phrase "come before you" is an idiom. Alternate translation: "Pay attention to all of the wickedness they have committed" or "Judge them for all of their wickedness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# deal with them as you have dealt with me
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This is a request for Yahweh to punish Jerusalem's enemies as he punished the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: "punish them as you have punished me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# my heart is faint
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Here the "heart" represents the whole person. Alternate translation: "I am faint" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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