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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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## if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side ##
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AT: "Without Yahweh's help"
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## swallowed us up alive ##
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This metaphor compares how the Israelites could've died to how a fierce animal would attack a smaller animal to eat. AT: "killed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## their anger raged against us ##
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AT: "They attacked us"
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