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# General Information:
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This psalm is a song that teaches people. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# The Mighty One, God, Yahweh
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The author uses three different names to speak of God.
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# called the earth
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Here the word "earth" refers to the people who live on the earth. Alternate translation: "called all people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# from the rising of the sun to its setting
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This phrase refers to the directions east, where the sun rises, and west, where the sun sets. The writer uses these two extremes to represent everywhere on earth. Alternate translation: "everywhere on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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