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# How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever?
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The writer uses these questions to emphasize that he does not want God to continue to refuse the king. AT: "Please, Yahweh, do not refuse to help the king forever." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Will you hide yourself
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God not helping the king is spoken of as if God were hiding from him. AT: "Will you refuse to help the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# How long will your anger burn like fire?
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The writer uses a question to emphasize that he does not want God to remain angry. AT: "Please do not continue being angry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# your anger burn like fire
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God being very angry is spoken of as if his anger were a hot fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind
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The abstract noun "uselessness" can be stated as "uselessly." AT: "that you have created all people to die uselessly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the children of mankind
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This refers to humans in general. AT: "humans" or "people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations]])
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# Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol?
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The writer uses these questions to emphasize that all people will die. AT: "No one can live forever or bring himself back to life after dying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol
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Here "hand" refers to power. The writer speaks of Sheol as if it were a person who has power over those who die. Possible meanings are 1) a person cannot bring himself back to life after dying or 2) a person cannot keep himself from dying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hades]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/selah]] |