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# Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me
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Here troubles are spoken of as if they were objects that surround and trap the speaker. AT: "there are more troubles around me than I can count" or "more troubles come to me than I can count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that cannot be numbered
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This is stated in negative form to intensify the number.See how you translated this in [Psalms 40:5](./005.md). AT: "that are vast in number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# my iniquities
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This refers to the consequences of his sin. AT: "the consequences of my iniquities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# have caught up with me
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The writer's iniquities are spoken of as if they were his enemies who were harming him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# I am no longer able to see anything
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Versions differ in how to understand this difficult passage. It may mean that the speaker is crying so much that he cannot see anything because of his tears.
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# my heart has failed me
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Here "heart" refers to the writer's inner confidence. AT: "I am very discouraged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]] |