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# Reach out your hand from above; rescue me out of many waters
David speaks as if God were on land above a flood and had physical hands with which he could pull David out of a flood. The flood is a metaphor for the troubles caused by the "foreigners." AT: "You who are able to act, help me overcome my troubles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# from the hand of foreigners
Here "hand" refers to power. AT: "from the power of foreigners" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])