en_tn/psa/010/001.md

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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

Why, Yahweh, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

The speaker uses these questions to express his distress that God has not helped him. AT: "Yahweh, it seems as though you are far away from me and you hide from me whenever I am in trouble" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

schemes

evil plans

the wicked person

This refers to wicked people in general. AT: "wicked people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun)

his deepest desires

The noun "desires" can be expressed with the verb "want. "AT: "the things that he wants very much to do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

the greedy

"greedy people"

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