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or of the plague that roams
The psalmist speaks of illness as if it were a person who went about at night killing other people. Alternate translation: "You will not be afraid of dying from illness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
roams
goes wherever he wants to go at any time
in the darkness ... at noontime
These two phrases taken together refer to all possible times of night and day. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
disease
an illness that makes many people ill at the same time