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# Have mercy on us
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The abstract noun "mercy" can be stated as an action. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Psalms 123:2](./001.md). AT: "act mercifully toward us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# we are filled ... We are more than full
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These two phrases have similar meaning, with the second increasing the intensity of the first. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# we are filled with humiliation
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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/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# We are more than full
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This idiom means that the amount is excessive, in a negative sense. AT: "We have had too much" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# of the scoffing ... and with the contempt
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There two phrases have very similar meanings and are used together to emphasize how much they have been mocked by the people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# scoffing
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"mocking" or "insults"
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# the insolent
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This refers to the insolent people. AT: "rude and arrogant people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the proud
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This refers to the proud people. AT: "the people who are proud" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/humiliate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/contempt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proud]] |