unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/091/010.md

610 B

No evil will overtake you

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/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

no affliction will come near your home

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/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)