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# Be quiet and know that I am God
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Here, God begins to speak.
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# Be quiet
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In this context, these words are likely a command to the nations to stop their wars. AT: "Stop fighting" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# know that I am God
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Here the word "know" means to understand and to confess that Yahweh is the true God.
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# I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted on the earth
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that the people of every nation in the world will exalt God. This can be stated in active form. AT: "People from every nation will exalt me; people all over the earth will exalt me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Yahweh of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge
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The writer speaks of God as if he were a place where people can go for safety. See how you translated these lines in [Psalms 46:7](./006.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/exalt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/refuge]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/selah]] |