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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
I cry out
"I call out loudly"
my rock
This is a metaphor for strength. Alternate translation: "my strength" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
do not ignore me
"do not be silent to me" or "do not leave me alone"
I will join those who go down to the grave
People who die are spoken of as if they are going down into the grave. Alternate translation: "I will die like those who are in the grave" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)