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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
# The rhythm of the deer
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This may refer to a style of music.
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# My God, my God
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The writer repeats "My God" to emphasize that he is desperate for God to hear him.
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# my God, why have you abandoned me?
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The writer uses a question to emphasize that he feels like God has abandoned him. It may be best to leave this as a question. It can also be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "my God, I feel like you have abandoned me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# you abandoned me
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"you left me all alone"
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# Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
Again the writer uses a question to emphasize that he feels like God is far away from him. It may be best to leave this as a question. It can also be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You are far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# far from the words of my anguish
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The writer feeling like God is not listening to him is spoken of as if God were far from his words of anguish. Alternate translation: "why do you not listen when I speak to you about the anguish I feel" or "I have told you about my suffering but you do not come to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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