# Do not abandon me ... do not stay far away from me
These two phrases have very similar meanings. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
# do not stay far away from me
Because Yahweh has not yet answered the writer's request, he speaks of Yahweh as if Yahweh were standing far away from the writer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])