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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
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## A song of ascents ##
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See how you translated this in [Psalms 120:1](../120/001.md)
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## I lift up my eyes ##
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Here the author refers to his eyes because that is the part of the body used for seeing. AT: "I look to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## enthroned ##
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sitting on a throne and ruling as king
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## as the eyes of servants … as the eyes of a maid … so our eyes look … ##
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These three phrases have similar meanings. The third phrase, about the Israelites, is being compared to how the servants and maids look to their masters and mistresses for help. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## maids ##
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"servant girls"
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## mistress ##
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the woman who has authority over the servant girls
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