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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
his covenant faithfulness endures forever
The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. AT: "he remains faithful to his covenant forever" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
the redeemed of Yahweh
"The redeemed" refers to the people whom Yahweh has saved. AT: "those whom Yahweh has saved" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj)
speak out
This means to tell others about something. AT: "tell about what Yahweh has done" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
from the hand of the enemy
Here "hand" refers to power. AT: "from the power of the enemy" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
from the east ... and from the south
Here the four directions are given to emphasize that he gather them from everywhere. AT: "from every direction" or "from every part of the world" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south
This describes the places that Yahweh gather his people from. AT: "he has gathered them from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)