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983 B
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26 lines
983 B
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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
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This psalm is a prayer for forgiveness.
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## For the chief musician ##
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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## A psalm of David; ##
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“This is a psalm that David wrote;”
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## had gone in to Bathsheba ##
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This refers to having sex. AT: "he had committed adultery with Bathsheba" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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## because of your covenant faithfulness; for the sake of the multitude of your merciful actions ##
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These two phrases have similar meanings and are used together for emphasis. AT: "because of your covenant love and many merciful actions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin ##
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These two phrases have basically the same meaning and are used together for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## thoroughly ##
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"completely" |