19 lines
654 B
Markdown
19 lines
654 B
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## Oh, that my people ... walk in my paths ##
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The writer makes the one idea in two lines for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## Oh, that my people would listen to me; ##
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AT: "Oh, how I long for my people to listen to me;"
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## oh, that my people would walk in my paths. ##
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AT: "Oh, that they would obey my laws."
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## Then I would quickly ... against their oppressors ##
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The writer makes one idea in two lines for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## turn my hand against ##
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"Hand" represents Yahweh's power. "I would overcome" or "defeat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |