en_tn_lite_do_not_use/psa/060/002.md

Connecting Statement:

The psalmist continues speaking to God.

You have made the land tremble; you have torn it apart

The psalmist speaks of the disaster in his country as if it were an earthquake. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

heal its cracks

Making the people strong again is spoken of as repairing large cracks in the ground or walls. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)