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# General Information:
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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]])
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# A prayer of Moses
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"This is a prayer that Moses wrote"
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# Lord, you have been our refuge
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God protecting his people is spoken of as if God were a refuge or shelter. AT: "Lord, you have been like a shelter for us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# throughout all generations
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"always"
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# Before the mountains were formed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Before you formed the mountains" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# formed
"created" or "shaped"
# the world
This represents everything that is in the world. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# from everlasting to everlasting
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This phrase represents all time past, present, and future.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/refuge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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