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# No evil will overtake you
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The writer speaks of a person experiencing bad or evil things as if evil were a person who overtakes another person. Alternate translation: "Nothing evil will happen to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# no affliction will come near your tent
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The psalmist speaks of people who afflict others as though they were the harm they cause. Alternate translation: "no one will be able to harm your family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# tent
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This is an idiom. The Israelites were living in solid houses when this was written. Alternate translation: "home" (See [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/idiom]]) |