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# Like sheep
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The writer compares people who will all die to a flock of sheep. Just as sheep cannot escape when the butcher decides to slaughter them, so men will not escape when it is their time to die.
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# they are appointed
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"God has appointed them"
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# death will be their shepherd
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"death will take them away as a shepherd leads away sheep to be slaughtered"
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# in the morning
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Here the word "morning" is a metaphor that refers to a time when God will vindicate righteous people and save them from evil people.
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# their bodies will be consumed in Sheol
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"their bodies will decompose in the grave"
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