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# Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
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This can be translated as a statement. AT: "The nations should not be able to say, 'Where is their God?'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Where is their God?
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This taunt can be translated as a statement. AT: "Their God cannot do anything!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# May the blood of your servants that was shed be avenged on the nations before our eyes
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To shed blood is a metonym for killing innocent people. This can be translated in active form. AT: "Avenge your innocent servants whom the nations killed where we can see you do it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# before our eyes
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"in our sight" or "while we are present"
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# May the groans of the prisoners come before you
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Asaph speaks of the sound made by prisoners in pain and sorrow as if it were a person who appears before a king. AT: "Listen carefully to the groans of the prisoners and help them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# children of death
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This is an idiom that refers to people who are condemned to death. AT: "those who are condemned to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/avenge]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] |