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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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# General Information:
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In this psalm David asks God 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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Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.
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# when Nathan the prophet came to him
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It can be stated clearly what Nathan did when he came to David, because this psalm is in response to that. AT: "when Nathan the prophet came to David and rebuked him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# after he had slept with Bathsheba
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"after David had slept with Bathsheba"
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# because of your covenant faithfulness
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The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated as an adjective. AT: "because you are faithful to your covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# for the sake of the multitude of your merciful actions
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"because you do so many merciful things"
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# blot out my transgressions
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Forgiving sins is spoken of as either 1) blotting them out or 2) erasing a written record of the sins. AT: "forgive my sins like someone wiping something away" or "forget my sins like someone who erases a record of sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity ... cleanse me from my sin
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These two phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
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Being acceptable to God is spoken of as being clean. God makes people acceptable by forgiving their sins. AT: "Wash away all my sin" or "Forgive all my sins so that I will be acceptable to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# thoroughly
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"completely"
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# cleanse me from my sin
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Being acceptable to God is spoken of as being clean. God makes people acceptable by forgiving their sins. AT: "Make me clean from my sin" or "forgive me for my sin so that I will be clean" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chief]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/psalm]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nathan]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sex]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bathsheba]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenantfaith]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blotout]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/transgression]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]] |