# General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# the afflicted

This refers to a man who is afflicted. AT: "the afflicted man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# overwhelmed

"faint" or "weak"

# pours out his lament before Yahweh

The way the author expresses his lament is compared to pouring out a liquid. AT: "freely expresses his grief to Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/afflict]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lament]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]