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For you
The writer uses the word "For" to begin explaining why he is confused and asking God why he is not coming to help. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
you brought me from the womb
This is a way of saying "you caused me to be born." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
when I was on my mother's breasts
This means that he has been trusting in Yahweh since he was very young. AT: "even from the time that I drank milk from my mother's breasts" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
I have been thrown on you from the womb
The phrase "have been thrown on" is a way of saying that Yahweh has taken care of him as if Yahweh had adopted him as his own child. This can be stated in active form. AT: "It was as though you had adopted me right when I was born" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
you are my God
This implies that Yahweh has always taken care of the writer. AT: "you, God, have taken care of me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
since I was in my mother's womb
"since before I was born"