unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/109/016.md

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# this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness
This refers to him showing covenant faithfulness to people. The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. Alternate translation: "this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness to people" or "this man never did anything to show that he was faithful to his covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# the oppressed, the needy
This refers to oppressed and needy people. Alternate translation: "oppressed people, needy people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
# the disheartened
This refers to people who are disheartened. Alternate translation: "disheartened people" or "people who have lost hope" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
# to death
"until they died." This means that he harassed them until they died.