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# If you test my heart, if you come to me in the night
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Here "test my heart" means to examine my thoughts and motives. Alternate translation: "If you examine my thoughts in the night" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# my mouth will not transgress
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Here the mouth is spoken of as if it were capable of acting on its own. It also represents the words that a person speaks. Alternate translation: "I will not tell lies or sin with my words" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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