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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-The psalmist continues speaking to God.
-
 # You have made the land tremble; you have torn it apart
 
-The psalmist speaks of the disaster in his country as if it were an earthquake. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+The psalmist speaks of the disaster in his country as if it were an earthquake.
 
 # heal its cracks
 
-Making the people strong again is spoken of as repairing large cracks in the ground or walls. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
-
+Making the people strong again is spoken of as repairing large cracks in the ground or walls.