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# I turned my face to the Lord God
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Here "face" represents Daniel's attention. AT: "I focused my attention on the Lord God" or "I directed my thoughts toward the Lord God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# to seek him
Those who want to know Yahweh and please him are spoken of as if they are literally seeking to find Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes
These are symbolic acts of repentance and sorrow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# I made confession of our sins
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"I confessed our sins"
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# you are the one who keeps the covenant and is faithful to love those
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"you do what what you said you would do in your covenant, and you faithfully love those"