## shine your face on us ## The psalm writer asks Yahweh to look with favor on the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) ## You brought a vine out of Egypt; ## AT: "You brought us, like a vine, out of Egypt;" The psalm writer compares the nation of Israel to a vine made ready to transplant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) ## you drove out nations and transplanted it. ## AT: "you drove out nations from their land and gave it to us, the vine, and planted us there."