# groaned

They did this because of their sorrow and misery. AT: "sighed deeply"

# their pleas went up to God

The cries of the Israelites are spoken of as if they were a person and were able to travel up to where God is. AT: "God heard their pleas" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# God called to mind his covenant

This was a customary way of saying God thought about what He had promised. AT: "God remembered his covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])