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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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# the God of my strength
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Possible meanings are 1) "the God who protects me" or 2) "the God who gives me strength."
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# Why have you rejected me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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The writer asks these questions in order to complain to God and express his emotions, not to receive an answer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# Why do I go about in mourning
To "go about in mourning" is to perform customs related to being very sad.
# because of the oppression of the enemy
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The word "oppression" can be translated as a verb. AT: "because my enemy oppresses me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/plead]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/ungodly]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mourn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/oppress]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
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