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# Have mercy on us
The abstract noun "mercy" can be stated as an action. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Psalms 123:2](../123/002.md). Alternate translation: "act mercifully toward us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
# we are filled with humiliation
Here humiliation is spoken of as if it were something that could be fill up a person. "we are very disgraced" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])