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# General Information:
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The psalmist addresses the people of Babylon as if they were there listening to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# Daughter of Babylon
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This represents the city of Babylon and its people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# may the person be blessed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "may God bless the person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# pays you back for what you have done to us
The writer speaks of someone doing to others what they have done as if were payment. AT: "does to you what you did to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# dashes your little ones against a rock
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"smashes your babies' heads against rocks"
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
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