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# give way to the wrath of God
Here "wrath" is a metonym for God's punishment. Alternate translation: "allow God to punish those who harm you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# For it is written
You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "For someone has written" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
# Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that God will avenge his people. Alternate translation: "I will certainly avenge you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])