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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# A musical composition of David
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"This is a song that David wrote"
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# concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite
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"concerning what Cush the Benjamite said" or "about what Cush, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, said"
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# take refuge in you!
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Going to Yahweh for protection is spoken of as taking refuge in him. AT: "go to you for protection!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they will rip me apart like a lion, tearing me in pieces
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David speaks of his enemies attacking him as if they would rip his body apart and tear it in pieces as a lion would. AT: "they will violently kill me like a lion ripping apart its victim's body and tearing it in pieces" or "they will violently kill me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# with no one else able to bring me to safety
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"and no one else will be able to save me" |