19 lines
690 B
Markdown
19 lines
690 B
Markdown
## You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; ##
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AT: "Lord, you destroy the people as with a flood and they die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## they are like the grass that sprouts up ##
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Here, the people are being compared to grass that starts to grow because they both live for a short while. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## it blooms and grows up ##
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AT: "it begins to grow and develop" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## evening ##
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the early hours of the night
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## it withers and dries up ##
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AT: "it fades and dries up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]]) |