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## You, your ##
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The word "you" and "your" refer to Yahweh.
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## its furrows ##
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"the earth's furrows"
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## furrow ##
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a long narrow trench made in the ground for planting seeds or for watering the field where grains have been planted
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## ridges ##
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edges
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## You crown the year with goodness ##
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Here the "year" is given the human quality of wearing a crown. AT: "You have honored the year with a good harvest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## drop fatness down to the earth ##
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The word "fatness" suggests fertile or goodness. As used in this phrase, it points to how Yahweh makes the soil so good and fertile that it produces abundant harvest. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## It drops onto ##
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AT: "Your abundance fills"
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## hills are dressed with a belt of joy ##
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This phrase is a picture of hills that look beautiful. It is as though they are dressed and surrounded with joy. AT: "the hills are very joyful" or "the hills are very beautiful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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