richmahn_en_tn/psa/123/003.md

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Have mercy on us

The abstract noun "mercy" can be stated as an action. See how you translated a similar phrase in Psalms 123:2. Alternate translation: "act mercifully toward us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

we are filled with humiliation

Here humiliation is spoken of as if it were something that could be fill up a person. "we are very disgraced" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)