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As per email from Chris Jarka.
2019-02-11 17:07:05 -05:00

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Do not abandon me ... do not stay far away from me

These two phrases have very similar meanings. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

do not stay far away from me

Because Yahweh has not yet answered the writer's request, he speaks of Yahweh as if Yahweh were standing far away from the writer. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)