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# listen to my cries
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This is a call for help. AT: "listen to me as I call to you now for help" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# you shield my head in the day of battle
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A person's head is in great danger during battle. Protecting the person's head represents protecting the whole person. AT: "you protect me when I go to war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# battle
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Here "battle" probably stands for any kind of severe trouble (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# do not grant the desires of the wicked
"please do not allow the wicked to have what they desire"
# the wicked
The adjective "wicked" can be translated as a noun phrase. AT: "wicked people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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