# For he has looked down from the holy heights; from heaven Yahweh has viewed

These two phrases have similar meaning and are used together for emphasize how God looks down from heaven. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# the holy heights

"his holy place high above the earth"

# those who were condemned to death

This can be stated in active form. AT: "those whom the authorities had sentenced to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])