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# You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David
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This means that the Holy Spirit caused David to speak or write down what God said.
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# through the mouth of your servant, our father David
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Here the word "mouth" refers to the words that David spoke or wrote down. Alternate translation: "by the words of your servant, our father David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# our father David
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Here the word "father" refers to an ancestor.
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# Why did the Gentile nations rage, and the peoples imagine useless things?
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This is a rhetorical question that emphasizes the futility of opposing God. Alternate translation: "The Gentile nations should not have raged, and the peoples should not have imagined useless things." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# the peoples imagine useless things
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These "useless things" consist of plans to oppose God. Alternate translation: "the peoples imagine useless things against God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# peoples
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people groups
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