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# General Information:
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This psalm is a song about Jerusalem being God's dwelling place.
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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 psalm of the sons of Korah
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"this is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote"
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# greatly to be praised
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This can be stated in active from. AT: "people are to praise him greatly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the city of our God on his holy mountain
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This is a reference to Jerusalem, which was built on Mount Zion.
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# the city of our God
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Possible meanings are 1) "the city where our God lives" or 2) "the city that belongs to our God"
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# Beautiful in elevation
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"Beautiful and high." The word "elevation" refers to how high mount Zion is.
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# the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion
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Here the word "earth" refers to everyone living on the earth. The word "joy" may be translated as a verb. AT: "Mount Zion gives joy to everyone on earth" or "everyone on earth rejoices because of Mount Zion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# on the sides of the north
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Possible meanings are that this phrase 1) refers to the direction of the north or 2) is another name for Mount Zion meaning "the mountain of God."
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# God has made himself known in her palaces as a refuge
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The writer speaks of God as if he were a place where people can go for safety. AT: "God has made himself known as one who gives safety to the people in Mount Zion's palaces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/psalm]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/korah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/praise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/palace]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/refuge]] |