# General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# A prayer of Moses the man of God

"This is a prayer that Moses the man of God wrote"

# Lord, you have been our refuge

God protecting his people is spoken of as if God were a refuge or shelter. AT: "Lord, you have been like a shelter for us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# throughout all generations

"always"

# Before the mountains were formed

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Before you formed the mountains" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# were formed

"were created" or "were shaped"

# the world

This represents everything that is in the world. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# from everlasting to everlasting

This phrase represents all time past, present, and future.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/refuge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]